“If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.”
「若非在做你喜愛的事,你就是在浪費時間。」– 比利·喬 (歌手)
- 比利·喬 (1949- ) 是美國歌手,6 次葛萊美獎得主,全球唱片銷量累計超過 1 億 5,000 萬張,入選作曲家名人堂、搖滾名人堂,並獲「甘迺迪中心榮譽獎」以表彰其為美國文化做出的貢獻。
“If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.”
「若非在做你喜愛的事,你就是在浪費時間。」– 比利·喬 (歌手)
“You have to love what you do, whether it be gardening, hairdressing, etc. When you love it, then the money follows. Even if it doesn’t, you will still be happy. Being happy and poor is better than being unhappy and poor.”
「你必須熱愛你的工作,不管是園藝、剪髮等等,如果你有熱忱,錢就會跟著來,就算沒有,你還是能得到快樂,貧窮但快樂比貧窮又不快樂還好。」– 詹姆士·羅傑斯 (投資家)
“If you really want something, you have to be prepared to work very hard, take advantage of opportunity, and above all never give up.”
「若你真的很想要一件事,你得準備好非常努力、善用機會,而最重要的是絕不放棄。」– 珍·古德 (動物行為學家)
“You’ve got to love what you’re doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.”
「你必須愛你做的事,如果你喜愛它,你可以克服任何障礙、酸疼及所有痛楚,並持續工作很長、很長一段時間。」– 戈迪·豪 (冰球選手)
“As long as I can focus on enjoying what I’m doing, having fun, I know I’ll play well.”
「只要我能集中心力在享受我做的事、得到樂趣,我便知道我將表現不錯。」– 施特菲·葛拉芙 (網球選手)
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
「不要問這世界需要什麼,問什麼事會讓你充滿活力,然後去做,因為這世界需要充滿活力的人。」– 霍華德·瑟曼 (神學家)
“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.”
「每個人都可超越他們的環境並取得成功,如果他們專注並熱愛他們所做的事。」– 納爾遜‧曼德拉 (前南非總統)
“Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.”
「人不是理性的動物,只有透過激情,才能變得非常好或卓越。」– 班傑明‧迪斯雷利 (英國首相)
“Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.”
「經驗告訴我們,成功與能力的關聯不如熱忱,勝利的人把自己的身體及靈魂投入他的工作。」– 湯巴斯.克斯頓 (社會改革者)
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
「成功不是偶然,它是努力、堅持、學習、研究、犧牲,以及最重要的,熱愛你做的事或你在學的事。」– 比利 (足球員)
“Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.”
「我所做的任何事,我花很多時間,我以熱忱及熱切的心態做事,我想要主導。」- 伊萊·博德 (企業家)
“Whatever career you’re in, assume it’s going to be a massive failure. That way, you’re not making decisions based on success, money and career. You’re only making it based on doing what you love.”
「不管你選擇什麼職業,假設它會是一個巨大的失敗,這樣你的決定就不會取決在成功、金錢或職涯,你的決定只取決於做你愛的事。」– 布萊恩·闕斯基 (創業家)
“To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.”
「對我來說,好發號施令不是一個貶義的詞,它意謂一個人有熱忱、致力於某事、有企圖心且不介意領導。」– 艾米·波勒 (女演員)
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.”
「我愈想完成一件事,它愈不像一個苦差事。」– 理查‧巴哈 (作家)
“Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, what do I want to do everyday for the rest of my life … Do that.”
「問鏡子裡的自己,接下來的日子我每天想做什麼… 然後去做。」– 蓋瑞‧范納洽 (企業家)
“Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.”
「沒有什麼比熱情更重要了,無論你想做什麼,帶著熱情去做。」– 瓊‧邦‧喬飛 (音樂家)
“I think that it is very important if you know what you want, understand where you are heading towards, and try your best to get it. It is only when we use our hearts to do it, and fall in love with what we are doing, then can we really get real determination.”
「我覺得知道自己要什麼、了解自己要去哪,並盡力去達成是很重要的。我們只有用心去做,愛上自己在做的事,才能真正的下定決心。」– 艾瑪·華森 (女演員)
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
「你能在浪費時間中獲得樂趣,就不是浪費時間。」– 伯特蘭.羅素 (哲學家)
“Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.”
「當你發現你已找到熱忱之後,投資自己。思考你需要了解什麼,需要培養什麼經驗及專業,好讓你可以做你內心覺得你能享受、並在精神及經濟上支持你的事。」– 瑪莎·史都華 (企業家)
“You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.”
「你可以克服任何事情,如果且只要你夠熱愛一件事。」- 利昂內爾·梅西 (足球員)