1. Spend more time with those who make you smile and less time with those who you feel pressured to impress.
1. 多花点时间和那些能让你开心的人在一起，而那些让你感到有压力和不高兴的人，就不要跟他们待在一起太久了。
2. Never tell someone their dreams are impossible. You’ll feel like a fool when they prove you wrong.
2. 不能对别人说，你的梦想一定不会实现。如果事实证明你的看法是错的，你会很尴尬。
3. No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.
3. 不管你在这件事上犯了多少错误，也不论事情进展得多慢，你总是走在那些根本还没开始干这件事的人前面的。
4. 想把快乐建立在物质生活之上（好车、珠宝、华衣），就像是企图在跑步机上跑一跑就能跑到杂货店一样：根本就哪也去不了。
5. At 79, I regret the things I didn’t do far more than the things I did.
5. 79岁的时候，相较于那些我做了的事情，我更后悔自己没有做的。
6. When the ‘want’ gets stronger, the ‘how’ gets easier.
7. Too often we judge people on too little information.
8. If you want to feel rich, just count all the great things you have that money can’t buy.
8. 如果想要找到一种富有的感觉，只要看看你拥有多少用钱都买不来的东西就行了。
9. I have taken noticed that the deeper I know about myself, the clearer I understand others.
9. 我发现，对自己了解越深，同时也就越懂得他人。
10. You can’t change who you are. You can only change what you know and how you apply this knowledge.
10. 你无法改变你是谁，但是你可以改变你要学到的是什么，以及怎样运用这些知识。
11. People who are meant to be together will find their way back to each other. They may take
detours, but they’re never lost.
11. 命中注定要在一起的人终究会找到通向对方的路。虽然途中可能会走不少弯路，但是他们绝对不会迷路。
12. The older I get, and the more I learn, the more I realize I know so little. At 72, life still teaches me new lessons every day.
12. 年纪越大，学到的也就越多，也就越意识到自己的渺小。即使到了72岁，生活仍然每天都有新内容等着我去学习。
13. Freedom is the greatest gift. Self-
sufficiency is the greatest freedom.
13. 自由是最伟大的礼物。而自我满足则是最伟大的自由。
14. Complaining is like
slapping yourself for slapping yourself. It doesn’t solve the problem, it just hurts you more.
14. 抱怨就像是为自己抽了自己一耳光而再抽自己一耳光。抱怨完全不能解决问题，只会让你更受伤。
15. Embrace change. As uncomfortable as it is sometimes, change allows us to stretch and grow. New things feel awkward and scary at first, but those feelings go away, and you are left with something bigger and bolder in your life.
15. 请拥抱改变，虽然它偶尔会让你感到不舒服，但是是改变让我们成长。新事物最开始总是让人感到尴尬和不安，但是当这些感觉消散之后，你会体会到它给你带来的好处。
16. No matter how bad your heart has been broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief. The sun comes right back up the next day.
16. 不管你有多痛苦，这个世界都不会为你停止转动。太阳依旧照样升起。
17. In order to get, you have to give.
17. 想要获得，必先付出。
18. Even when you feel like you have nothing, someone else likely has far less. Find them and help them. You’ll see why.
18. 在你觉得自己一无所有的时候，总有比你拥有得更少的人。找到这些人，去帮助他们。你会知道原因的。
19. If you want something in your life you’ve never had, you’ll have to do something you’ve never done.
19. 如果你想获得那些从未得到过的东西，那么你就必须做那些你之前从未做过的事。
20. If you want love, give love. If you want friends, be friendly. If you want money, provide value. It really is this simple.
20. 如果你想要爱，那么请先付出爱。如果你想要朋友，请友好待人。如果你想要钱，请证明你的价值。道理就是如此简单。
21. Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.
21. 不要后悔。如果成功，那是最好；如若失败，也是一段经历。
22. Being busy and being productive are two different things.
22. 忙和高产是两码事。
23. Mistakes teach you important lessons. Every time you make one, you’re one step closer to your goal. The only mistake that can truly hurt you is choosing to do nothing simply because you’re too scared to make a mistake.
犯错是人生相当重要的课程。每当你犯一次错，你就离目标更近一步。真正能给你带来伤害的是，因为害怕犯错而什么也不做。
24. Change is the only permanent thing in life.
24. 改变是生命中唯一永恒的事。
25. Having a thousand credentials on the wall will not make you a decent human being. But genuinely helping one person everyday will.
25. 就算你得墙壁上挂了几千个证书也没法证明你是个多善良的好人。但是日行一善却能。
26. You must create and look for opportunities. Opportunities rarely ever come knocking on the door of someone who’s not seeking them.
26. 机会要靠自己去创造、找寻。机会不会去敲那些找都不去找它的那些人的门。
27. Life is unbelievably brief. When you’re young, you might feel like there’s a huge mass of time ahead of you. But trust me, it passes much faster than you think. You get gray hairs before you feel like a real adult. And then you have kids, and suddenly they’re leaving for college.
27. 生命短得难以置信。年轻的时候你也许会觉得以后还有大把的时间。但是相信我，时间比你想象得要过得快得多。在你真正感觉自己已经长大之前，头发就开始长白头发了。然后会生孩子，很快孩子们又从大学毕业了。
28. Your health is your life, keep up with it. Get an annual physical check-up.
28. 健康就是生命，请保持健康，每年做一次体检。
29. Someone always has it worse. At times you may be having a bad day, but stop yourself and think about it; there are plenty of other people who have it worse off than you do.
29. 总会有诸事不顺的时候。在你觉得今天背时到家的时候，不要这么想；比你更惨的大有人在。
30. In work and business, when they need you more than you need them, you have succeeded.
在职场和商场上，当别人需要你，比你需要他们要多的时候，你就成功了。
31. We are all weird. And life is weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is
compatible with ours, we call it love.
31. 我们都是怪人，生活也是。当我们找到那个和我们怪得很和谐的人的时候，我们就称之为爱。
32. Laughter is the best medicine for stress. Find the humor in whatever situation you’re in.
32. 大笑是治疗压力过大最好的药。不管身处怎样的境况，都要学会找笑点。
33. Living a life of honesty creates peace of mind, and peace of mind is priceless. Period.
33. 诚实的生活会给你带来平静的心境，而平静的心境则是最无价。
34. If you catch yourself working hard and loving every minute of it, don’t stop. You’re on to something big.
34. 如果你发现有件事让你情不自禁为其花精力，那么请不要停。你正在做大事。
35. Everything that happens in life is neither good nor bad. It just depends on your perspective.
35. 生活中的事，不是好事就是坏事。好事还是坏事，都取决于你看事情的角度。
36. When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want.
36. 你花时间担心的时候，其实就是你浪费自己的想象力去幻想自己不希望发生事情的时候。
37. After 40 years of teaching at a local college I’ve come to realize that a teacher is nothing but a clever student.
37. 在当地大学教书40年后，我发现老师不过是一个聪明的学生罢了。
38. Maturity is more about education and life experience than it is about age.
38. 成熟不仅仅关乎年龄，更多的是关于教育和生活经历。
39. Forgiving yourself is far more important (and difficult) than getting others to forgive you.
39. 原谅自己比让别人原谅你重要得多。
40. When passion and skill work together, we’re often left with a masterpiece.
40. 激情与技能的结晶通常就是我们所说的杰作。
41. Let your hobbies go.
41. 让自己的兴趣爱好慢慢消失。
42. Let your close relationships go.
42. 让亲密的朋友慢慢离你远去。
43. Take everyone seriously and everything personally.
把每个人都看得很重要，对每件事都很敏感。
44. Remember the insults, forget the compliments.
44. 只记住人家对骂你的话，忘光了人家赞扬你的话。
45. Always wait until the last minute.
45. 总要等到最后期限要到了才行动。
46. Let it all bottle up inside.
46. 把所有事都藏在心里。
47. Always disregard other people’s opinions and suggestions.
47. 总是忽视他人的意见和建议。
48. Dream about your future goals and never take action to achieve them.
48. 只会梦想美好的将来，却不会付诸行动。
49. Fear change and resist it.
49. 害怕变化，抗拒变化。
50. Work hard, do your best, and then
condemn yourself for not achieving perfection.
50. 尽力将一切做到最好，然后还要批评自己没有做到完美。
