(2) If you have any doubt at all about being able to carry a load in one trip, do yourself a huge favor and make two trips.
如果你担心一趟带不上所有家伙事儿,那就分两次带好了。
(3) What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. At your funeral people will not recall what you did; they will only remember how you made them feel.
(5) It’s not an apology if it comes with an excuse. It is not a compliment if it comes with a request.
带有借口的道歉不是道歉;附有请求的夸赞也不是夸赞。
(6) Jesus, Superman, and Mother Teresa never made art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art begins in what is broken.
耶稣、超人和特蕾莎修女搞不了艺术。只有不完美的存在才能创作艺术,因为艺术始于残缺。
(7) If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a pyramid scheme.
如果某人试图让你相信这不是个老鼠会,那它就是个老鼠会。
(8) Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life you’ll use this knot more times than you would ever believe.
(10) Be governed not by the tyranny of the urgent but by the elevation of the important.
不要被事情的紧急性牵着鼻子走,而要看它的重要性。
(11) Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it.
穿过一扇门后,保持它原来开或合的状态。
【没想到这居然是一条写入英国《乡村守则》(The Country Code)的规则,原始条文是“Leave all gates as you found them”。 有兴趣的童鞋可以查看 维基百科上的词条 。】
(12) The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has a name for. If you possibly can, work where there are no words for what you do.
做一件没有人能说清楚的事儿会带给你最大的回报。但凡有可能的话,去做一件还未被人们谈及的事情。
(13) A balcony or porch needs to be at least 6 feet (2m) deep or it won’t be used.
阳台至少应该有两米宽才有用。
(14) Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.