中英双语美文51：有时候人生更需要耐心

成功需要耐心

我们常说“心急吃不了热包子”，有些事情，并不是心急就能促成的，有时你需要休息，需要冷静，以积累更多的精力和经验，那样才能走得更高更远。对于自己想要的目标，不断努力、决不放弃，是一种毅力的坚持，但是，并不是只需要这两者就能达到，我们一起来看看这篇晨读英语美文，看看我们到底还需要什么。

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.

中国有句谚语说：“逆水行舟，不进则退。”

Isn't this talking about life?

这不就是人生吗?

If you want something, you need to work at your best constantly.

你需要不断地努力，才能得到自己想要的东西。

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诉我们：人生中，有时候也需要慢下脚步，这样才能冷静下来看清自己的初心。

The competition in our society is fierce. It is now. It used to be. And it will be.

社会上的竞争是激烈的，现在是，以前也是，将来也一样会是。

And at the same time. We have family, friends and lovers who we need to cherish.

同时，我们还有亲人、朋友、爱情这些关系需要去滋养。

But we all only have 24 hours a day.

然而，我们每个人在一天之中都只有24个小时。

And a lot of time among these hours have to be used to rest. Otherwise we won't be able to survive.

而且这其中的很长一段时间还必须用来休息，不然我们就没法生存。

Yes, your energy is limited. There are limitations that you cannot go beyond.

是的，你的精力是有限的，有些极限是你没有办法超越的。

So you really need to remind yourself that sometimes life does take patience.

所以有时候真的得提醒自己：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决心就能够做到，它们需要时间。

Slow down. Shake off some anxiety. Find more peace. By doing this you can actually go farther.

慢一点，少一点焦虑，多一些平静，这样其实走得更远。

想要让自己成功，不懈地努力和坚持只是迈出了成功的第一步，除此之外，你还需要更多的耐心，因为成功不是一夕之间的事情，你需要不断地磨砺，需要积累，耐心地等待，方可等来这一天。

关于耐心他们这么说

1．“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.”

— Hyman Rickover, Admiral

好的想法不会自动被执行，须以勇敢的耐性来实地贯彻它们。

– 海曼‧瑞克瓦 (海军将官)

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

一个人看着他的梨树，日复一日，等不及果实的成熟。让他试图强行加快这个过程，果实及梨树可能都会被他毁坏。但让他耐心的等待，则成熟的梨子，最终，会掉进他的大腿。

–亚伯拉罕‧林肯 (美国第 16 任总统)

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

每一个有价值的成就都附有一个标价签。问题一直以来都是你是否愿意付此代价来得到它 — 经由努力、牺牲、耐心、信念、及毅力。

– 约翰‧麦斯威尔 (作家)

4．“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

— Saadi Shirazi, Poet

要有耐心，所有的事情在变成容易前都是困难的。

–萨迪‧设拉兹 (诗人)

5．“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”

— Leo Tolstoy, Novelist

时间与耐心是最强大的两个战士。

–列夫‧托尔斯泰 (小说家)

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，只有对事务持久及不间断的关注，他才能获得回馈。这不是运气，而是为达目的使用精心设计方法的结果。

–安德鲁‧卡内基 (工业家)

7．“Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.”

– Charles Swindoll, Pastor

耐心是苦涩的树，但它会长出甜美的果实。

–查尔斯‧史温道尔 (牧师)