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32位美国总统分享最好的生活建议

2014-02-22来源:BI
Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837: “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
安德鲁·杰克逊(1829年-1837年):“做事要深思熟虑,但时机一到就应行动,不要犹豫。”

Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841: "All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess."
马丁·范·布伦(1837年-1841年):“如果我们能够对碰巧拥有的特殊优势深信不疑,那么所有历史和经验上的教训都将不足而论。”

John Tyler, 1841-1845: “Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.”
约翰·泰勒(1841年-1845年):“勤俭节约方能致富。”

Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853: “An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.”
米勒德·菲尔莫尔(1850年-1853年):“光荣的战败胜过卑鄙的胜利。”

James Buchanan, 1857-1861: “A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad.”
詹姆斯·布坎南(1857年-1861年):“朋友久扰容易滋生厌烦,逗人开心需要保持分寸。”

Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865: "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing."
亚伯拉罕·林肯(1861年-1865年):“永远记住,你自己决心成功比其他什么都重要。”

Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877: “The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.”
尤利塞斯·辛普森·格兰特(1869年-1877年):“战争之道简单至极:找到敌人,尽快擒拿,奋力击败对方,然后继续前进。”

Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881: "For honest merit to succeed amid the tricks and intrigues which are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the honor of success is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted. Let me triumph as a man or not at all."
拉瑟福德·伯查德·海斯(1877年-1881年):“我知道对于品性诚实的人而言,要想在当下猖獗的尔虞我诈中获胜是非常困难的;然而,这种克服种种障碍而获得的成功却是倍加光荣的。在我,成者为王败者为寇!”

James Garfield, 1881: “Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.”
詹姆斯·加菲尔德(1881年):“要能承担当下工作之外的更多任务,让别人知道你还留一手,你具备当下拥有之外的更多权力。若你不能超越现任位置,则有可能会落后。”

Chester Arthur, 1881-1885: “Good ball players make good citizens.”
切斯特·阿瑟(1881年-1885年):“优秀球员即优秀公民。”

Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889, 1893-1897: “Whatever you do, tell the truth.”
格罗弗·克利夫兰(1885年-1889年, 1893年-1897年):“不论做什么都应实事求是。”