最激励人心的12句名言

 　　Can you be inspiring in 140 characters or less?

　　140个甚至更少的单词会让你受到鼓舞吗？

　　This year, Twitter surpassed 500 million users, and while tweets from such a large base are surely not all inspiring, we'd prefer to focus on the ones that are. So we decided¹ to highlight the top 12 "tweetspiring" nuggets of wisdom received from our favorite Twitter users in 2012.

　　今年推特的用户数量超过了5亿。虽然人们发出的推特并非所有都是激励人的，但是我们更关注那些能够振奋人心的推特名言。所以我们决定列出2012年推特用户最喜欢的最激励人心的12句话。

　　1. You're looking mighty² good in the light that now surrounds you.

　　周围的光环绕着你，你现在的状态非常棒。

　　2. Dear Life, thank you for clarity, good mannered strangers, cookies, social media and the wind.

　　亲爱的生活，感谢你给我清明，感谢你让我结识有礼貌的陌生人，感谢你让我尝到饼干的香甜，感谢有社会媒体和风的存在。

　　3. Most of the great ideas we have in life are born out of the fleeting³ moments of stillness.

　　我们生命中很多伟大的想法，都来源于沉思的一瞬间。

　　4. If YOU had a "bad" day, don't worry...we all have a re-set (Button) it's called tomorrow.

　　如果你今天过得很糟糕，别担心。我们都有一个重置按钮叫做明天，一切可以从新开始。

　　5. The healthiest response to life is joy.

　　对生命最佳的回应，是生活得很快乐。

　　6. It is time to love your courage like it is the more precious gold that you've ever been given.

　　现在是该你爱上勇气的时候了，因为它是你至今得到的最珍贵的东西。

　　7. Face your deepest fear & you will see you are & always have been more powerful than it ever was.

　　直面心灵最深处的恐惧，你就会明白你比以前更加勇敢了。

　　8. Pushing ourselves to be the best is an impossible standard. But we can push ourselves, everyday, to be better than the day before.

　　强迫自己成为最好的人，那是不可能的标准，但是我们可以督促自己，每天都进步一点点。

　　9. Owning your agenda again is the most important thing between those who succeed and those who don't.

　　成功与不成功的人最大的区别，在于有没有一个长远的规划。

　　10. REMEMBER...always act like you're wearing an invisible crown.

　　记住：要永远自信骄傲，就像你的头上带着别人看不到的耀眼王冠。

　　11. It doesn't really matter if your glass is half empty or half full. Be thankful that you have a glass and that there's something in it.

　　不管你的杯子是半空还是半满，要心存感激，至少你还有半杯。

　　12. People will always follow the heart much more readily than they will follow orders.

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

3 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。