“Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.”
「耐心是苦澀的樹,但它會長出甜美的果實。」– 查爾斯‧史溫道爾 (牧師)
- 查爾斯‧史溫道爾 (1934- ) 是基督教牧師、作者、及教育家,他成立了 Insight for Living (生活的領悟) 廣播電台,以 15 種語言在全世界超過 2,000 個電台廣播。
“The thorough man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment to ends.”
「周密的商人知道,只有對事務持久及不間斷的關注,他才能獲得回饋。這不是運氣,而是為達目的使用精心設計方法的結果。」– 安德魯‧卡內基 (工業家)
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
「時間與耐心是最強大的兩個戰士。」– 列夫‧托爾斯泰 (小說家)
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”
「要有耐心,所有的事情在變成容易前都是困難的。」– 薩迪‧設拉茲 (詩人)
“Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it — in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.”
「每一個有價值的成就都附有一個標價籤。問題一直以來都是你是否願意付此代價來得到它 — 經由努力、犧牲、耐心、信念、及毅力。」– 約翰‧麥斯威爾 (作家)
“A man watches his pear tree, day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both the fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear, at length, falls into his lap.”
「一個人看著他的梨樹,日復一日,等不及果實的成熟。讓他試圖強行加快這個過程,果實及梨樹可能都會被他毀壞。但讓他耐心的等待,則成熟的梨子,最終,會掉進他的大腿。」– 亞伯拉罕‧林肯 (美國第 16 任總統)
“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.”
「好的想法不會自動被執行,須以勇敢的耐性來實地貫徹它們。」– 海曼‧瑞克瓦 (海軍將官)