友课MBA加油站-英语晨读2017-10-01

Perseverance

67.坚持不懈

Napoleon declared, "Victorybelongs to the most persevering." Upon careful study we findperseverance depends upon three things - purpose, will,and enthusiasm. He who has a purpose is always concentrating his forces. By the will, the hope and the plan are prevented from evaporatinginto dreams. Enthusiasm keeps the interest up, and makesthe obstacles seem small.

拿破仑宣称，“胜利属于坚持不懈的人”。经过仔细研究，我们会发现，坚持不懈取决于于三个方面——目标，意志和热情。一个目标明确的人总是能够集中他的精力。有了坚定的决心，就能够避免希望和计划在梦想中化为泡影。而冲天的热情，能够让人永远兴致勃勃，藐视一切艰难险阻。

Life is in a sense a battle. Theman who thinks to get on by mere smartness and by idling meets failure atlast. Perseverance is the master impulse of thefirmest souls, and holds the key to those treasure-houses of knowledge fromwhich the world has drawn its wealth both of wisdom and of moralworth.

从某种意义上讲，生活是一场战役。那种妄想凭借小聪明闲混到出人头地的人最终只会落得失败的下场。坚持不懈是那些信念坚定的人主导性的精神动力，其把持着开启那些知识宝库的钥匙，全世界的人都可以从中获取智慧和道德的财富。

Great men never wait foropportunities; they make them. They seize upon whatever is at hand, work outtheir problem, and master the situation. The greatest thing a man can do inthis world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given tohim. This is success and there is no other.

伟大的人们从不坐等机会；他们会自行创造。他们会抓住一切手边的机会,解决遇到的难题，并且自己掌控局面。在这个世界上，一个人所能做的最伟大的事情就是，从给予他的有限的机会之中进行最大可能的发掘。这便是成功，仅此而已。