The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.
真正的竞争总是在你已经完成的事情和你能够做到的事情之间。你衡量自己,只与自己比较,而不是别人。
言:言谈。称:称扬。汤文:汤,成汤,商朝的建立者;文,周文王姬昌,商末周族领袖。行;行为。譬:比如。豨:猪。这两句大意是:言谈必称扬商汤周文,行为则比如猪狗一般。这两句以言美行恶的反差对比,十分典型地概括出那类言行不一的人的低下品格,可用以形容说的一套,做的又是一套的虚伪可耻的两面派人物。此处还有一个成语:行同狗豨,意思是人的行为丑恶,如同猪狗一样,形容人的行为卑鄙恶劣到了极点。
Don't use tactical diligence to cover up strategic laziness.
人类活动已成为塑造地球气候的重要力量。
The best architecture comes from a deep understanding of human behavior.
我不想仅被记住是一名球员,而是一个激励他人的人。
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.