02-On Achieving Success

We cannot travel every path.Success must be won along one line .We

must make our business the one life purpose to which every other must

be subordinate。

I hate the thing done by halves .If it be right,do it boldly .If it

be wrong ,leave it undone¹.

The men of history were not perpetually looking into the mirror,t

make sure of their room size,absorbed in their work they did it,they

did so well that the wondering world sees them to be great.and labled

them accordingly.

To live with a high ideal is a successful life.It is not what one

does ,but what one tries to do ,that makes a man strong

Unceasing effort is the price of success. If we do not what with our

might ,others will;and they will outstrip² us in the race,and pluck

the prize from our grasp.

Success grows less and less dependent on luck and chance

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures

The great and indispensable help to Success is character.Character is

a crystallized habit,the result of training and conviction.

Instead of saying that man is creature of cricumstance,it would be

nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circustance.From

the same materials one man builds places,another hovels.Bricks and

mortar³ are mortar and bricks,until the architect can make them

something else.

The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain to much.

Wise men don't care for what they can't have

1 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

2 outstrip   

v.超过，跑过

参考例句：

• He can outstrip his friend both in sports and in studies.他能在体育和学习方面胜过他的朋友。
• It is possible for us to outstrip the advanced countries in the world.我们能超过世界上先进的国家。

3 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。