The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows,It is a very mean and nasty place,And it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it,You,me,or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life。這世界並非凡事美好、如意,而是個無情、險惡的地方,軟弱只會使你被擊倒並且永遠無法再次振作,沒有任何人可以倖免。But it ain’t how hard you hit,It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward,That’s how winning is done。但是人生不只在於你能多麼使力揮擊,更在於你能承受多重的考驗與挑戰,並不斷向前邁進,這才是成功之道。[……]
英國首相 Winston Churchill(溫斯頓·邱吉爾)
失去的,永遠不會比手上現在握住的多。[……]
美國卡內基梅隆大學教授 Randy Pausch(蘭迪·鮑許):如何達成兒時夢想-執著的重要(2007)
Brick Walls are there for a reason:they let us prove how badly we want things。
阻擋的牆不是為了阻止我們,而是讓我們有機會展現自己有多麼渴望達到這目標。[……]