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成功需要耐心
我們常說“心急吃不了熱包子”，有些事情，并不是心急就能促成的，有時你需要休息，需要冷靜，以積累更多的精力和經驗，那樣才能走得更高更遠。對于自己想要的目標，不斷努力、決不放棄，是一種毅力的堅持，但是，并不是只需要這兩者就能達到，我們一起來看看這篇晨讀英語美文，看看我們到底還需要什么。
There is an ancient saying in China goes as: If your ship is against the current, you lose your ground when you don’t advance.
中國有句諺語說：“逆水行舟，不進則退。”
Isn’t this talking about life?
這不就是人生嗎?
If you want something, you need to work at your best constantly.
你需要不斷地努力，才能得到自己想要的東西。
But many other sages have told us that sometimes you need to slow down so that you can find peace and see clearly what you truely want in the first place.
但是，也有很多哲人的名言告訴我們：人生中，有時候也需要慢下腳步，這樣才能冷靜下來看清自己的初心。
The competition in our society is fierce. It is now. It used to be. And it will be.
社會上的競爭是激烈的，現在是，以前也是，將來也一樣會是。
And at the same time. We have family, friends and lovers who we need to cherish.
同時，我們還有親人、朋友、愛情這些關系需要去滋養。
But we all only have 24 hours a day.
然而，我們每個人在一天之中都只有24個小時。
And a lot of time among these hours have to be used to rest. Otherwise we won’t be able to survive.
而且這其中的很長一段時間還必須用來休息，不然我們就沒法生存。
Yes, your energy is limited. There are limitations that you cannot go beyond.
是的，你的精力是有限的，有些極限是你沒有辦法超越的。
So you really need to remind yourself that sometimes life does take patience.
所以有時候真的得提醒自己：人生需要耐心。
There are things that you can’t do only with your determination. They require your patience.
有很多事情并不是你下決心就能夠做到，它們需要時間。
Slow down. Shake off some anxiety. Find more peace. By doing this you can actually go farther.
慢一點，少一點焦慮，多一些平靜，這樣其實走得更遠。
想要讓自己成功，不懈地努力和堅持只是邁出了成功的第一步，除此之外，你還需要更多的耐心，因為成功不是一夕之間的事情，你需要不斷地磨礪，需要積累，耐心地等待，方可等來這一天。
關于耐心他們這么說
1.“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.”
— Hyman Rickover, Admiral
好的想法不會自動被執行，須以勇敢的耐性來實地貫徹它們。
– 海曼?瑞克瓦 (海軍將官)
2.“A man watches his pear tree, day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both the fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear, at length, falls into his lap.”
— Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
一個人看著他的梨樹，日復一日，等不及果實的成熟。讓他試圖強行加快這個過程，果實及梨樹可能都會被他毀壞。但讓他耐心的等待，則成熟的梨子，最終，會掉進他的大腿。
–亞伯拉罕?林肯 (美國第 16 任總統)
3.“Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it — in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.”
— John C. Maxwell, Author
每一個有價值的成就都附有一個標價簽。問題一直以來都是你是否愿意付此代價來得到它 — 經由努力、犧牲、耐心、信念、及毅力。
– 約翰?麥斯威爾 (作家)
4.“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”
— Saadi Shirazi, Poet
要有耐心，所有的事情在變成容易前都是困難的。
–薩迪?設拉茲 (詩人)
5.“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
— Leo Tolstoy, Novelist
時間與耐心是最強大的兩個戰士。
–列夫?托爾斯泰 (小說家)
6.“The thorough man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment to ends.”
— Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist
周密的商人知道，只有對事務持久及不間斷的關注，他才能獲得回饋。這不是運氣，而是為達目的使用精心設計方法的結果。
–安德魯?卡內基 (工業家)
7.“Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.”
– Charles Swindoll, Pastor
耐心是苦澀的樹，但它會長出甜美的果實。
–查爾斯?史溫道爾 (牧師)
