關於英文成功名言解讀

　　1. Be Aware of and Act on Opportunities

　　認準（並把握住）機會

　　“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

　　“我很相信運氣，我發現我越是努力，就越發幸運。”——托馬斯·傑斐遜

　　How much luck do you think you can look forward to if you stay locked up in your house like a hermit? Probably not much. If you don’t get out there and take action, you’ll find yourself in a sad pit of doom that is devoid of opportunity. Wanna be lucky? Life isn’t a charity, so get to work.

　　天天像隱士一樣呆在家裡，你覺得能有多少好運氣?肯定不會多。如果不出去看看，採取行動，你會始終現在缺乏機遇的怪圈裡。想要更幸運?生活不是福利院，出去工作吧。

　　2. Visualize Success

　　想象成功

　　“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

　　“幸運就是為機會做準備的過程。”—— 羅馬哲學家賽尼加

　　How well do you think you will perform on a date, job interview, or sporting event if your thoughts are filled with reasons you will fail? The odds would not be in your favor. The best athletes see themselves winning a game long before it starts. The best stage actors imagine an audience exploding with laughter and applause before they set foot on stage. If you’re going to a job interview, imagine how thoughtful your responses will be during your drive. If you’re preparing for a date, imagine how classy/handsome/sexy/funny the other person will find you while you get dressed. You must first see success happen before you can make it happen.

　　如果腦海中填滿了失敗的想法，你覺得自己在約會、面試或運動賽事上的勝算還能有多大?事情也不會如你所願。最好的運動員在比賽開始之前就能預見贏得比賽;最好的舞臺演員在登場之前就會想象觀眾雷鳴般的笑聲和掌聲;如果你要去參加面試，路上想象一下你的回答會很周到;如果要準備約會，打扮的時候想象一下另一半會覺得你是多麼的古典/帥氣/性感/可愛。你必須在事情發生之前就去預見成功。

　　3. Focus on the Positive

　　保持積極的心態

　　“The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.” – Douglas MacArthur

　　“最好的運氣就是自己創造的。”——道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟

　　An unfortunate thing that happened to me: Last week, my car engine died on the road going into my apartment complex. My vehicle didn’t come to a slow stop, but rather a dead halt. Let’s just say the bill from the mechanic wasn’t pretty, so I wasn’t very happy about this. But then it hit me: I was so lucky! My drive home that night included a 30-minute voyage on a crowded interstate. Now imagine how much worse my situation would have been if my car suddenly quit with a vehicle traveling 70 M.P.H. right behind me. I’m happy that I was lucky enough for my car to quit in the safety of my own parking lot, because had it gone out on the interstate, it’s very possible I wouldn’t be here to type this. Look for the good in all things.

　　上週發生了一件不好的事：回家的路上車子的發動機壞了。我的車子不是慢慢停下來而是突然熄火。維修費當然不少，這也讓我非常的不爽。但我突然想到：我是多麼幸運!那天晚上回家還需要在鬧市區開30分鐘。現在想象一下如果我的車突然停下來後面正是一輛70碼時速賓士的車，這個後果可想而知了吧。我真幸運車子是在自己的停車位拋錨，而不是鬧市區，否則也許我就沒命來告訴你們這些了。從積極面看待事情吧。

　　4. Listen to Your Gut

　　相信自己的直覺

　　“Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.” – Jimmy Buffett

　　“幽默讓我在很多緊張的情況都變得沒那麼慌張。如果你跟隨自己的直覺，保持你的幽默，創造力也就如約而至。有了運氣，成功也就來了。”——吉米·巴菲特

　　Look, we all make the occasional bad decision, so it’s in your best interest to be decisive. Trust your gut instinct and allow your intuition to guide you. Of course, you could agonize over every single decision in your life, but there is no guarantee that all that extra deliberation will lead to an increased likelihood of success odds are it’ll just result in wasted time and opportunity.

　　我們都做過錯誤的決定，所以要讓自己決斷起來。相信你的直覺，讓它指引著你。當然，你需要仔細衡量人生中的每一個決定，但也不能確保你的每一個深思熟慮都能加大成功的機會也有可能只是浪費時間和機會罷了。

　　5. Brush Your Shoulders Off

　　減輕負擔

　　“Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.” – William Feather

　　“大部分人都把好運看成是我們的權利，把壞運氣視為對這種權利的背叛。”——威廉·斐勒

　　No, you can’t have it all. Yes, you will fail sometimes. No, life isn’t fair. Yes, you have to deal with it.

　　不，你不可能擁有所有的好運氣;是的，有時候你也會失敗;不，生活其實並不公平;是的，你得自己學著接受。