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 a thing done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly.If it be wrong, leave it undone.
The men of history were not perpetually looking into the mirror to make sure of their own size. Absorbed in their work they did it.They did it so well that the wondering world sees them to be great, and labeled 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.“Eternal vigilance，”it has been said，“is the price of liberty.”With equal truth it may be said，“Unceasing effort is the price of success.”If we do not work with our might, others will；and they will outstrip 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.Every character is influenced by heredity, environment and education.But these apart, if every man were not to be a great extent the architect of his own character, he would be a fatalist, and irresponsible creature of circumstances.
Instead of saying that man is a creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovel.Bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks, until the architect can make them something else.
The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.
Wise men don't care for what they can't have.
-subordinate [səˈbɔːdɪnət]adj.下级的，次要的
典型例句
All the other issues are subordinate to this one.
所有问题都要以这一问题为依归。
最常用法
subordinate to 从属于；不如，比不上
联想记忆
secondary adj.次要的，第二的
-boldly [ˈbəʊldlɪ]adv.大胆地；醒目地
典型例句
Just go ahead boldly with your work.你放手干吧。
联想记忆
bold adj.勇敢的；冒失的
afraid v.害怕
-perpetually [pəˈpetʃʊəlɪ]adv.永恒地，终身地；不断地
典型例句
He perpetually interferes in political affairs.
他总是干预政事。
联想记忆
perpetual adj.永久的，长期的
constant adj.始终如一的，不断的
-absorb [əbˈsɔːb]v.吸收
典型例句
Clever children absorb knowledge easily.
聪明孩子容易吸收知识。
最常用法
absorb sth.into sth.把某物吸收到某物里面
be absorbed in sth.被吸收到某物里
联想记忆
absorbed adj.精神集中的
-outstrip [ˌautˈstrɪp]v.超过，跑过
典型例句
We soon outstripped the slower runners.
我们很快就超过那些跑得慢的人。
联想记忆
surpass v.超过，优于
-grasp [grɑːsp]n.&v.抓紧，抓牢；理解，领会
典型例句
She has a good grasp of the subject.
她对该学科有深刻的了解。
最常用法
grasp at sth.尽力抓住某物
grasp the nettle 坚定果断地处理棘手的事情
联想记忆
understand v.理解
-dependent [dɪˈpendənt]adj.需要某人支持的，依靠的，依赖的
典型例句
Success is dependent on how hard you work.
成败取决于努力的程度。
最常用法
dependent on/upon sb./sth.需要某人/某物支持
dependent on/upon sth.取决于某事物
联想记忆
depend v.依靠，信赖；决定于
independent adj.独立的，自主的
-indispensable [ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl]adj.必不可少的，必需的
典型例句
A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.
学习外语离不开好的词典。
最常用法
indispensable to sb./sth.对某人/某物必不可少的
be indispensable doing sth.必须做某事
联想记忆
necessary adj.必要的，必然的
essential adj.必不可少的
-conviction [kənˈvɪkʃn]n.确信，坚定的信仰
典型例句
Do you always act in accordance with your convictions?
你是否一贯地本着你的信念行事？
最常用法
conviction that 确信
have/lack the courage of one's convictions 有/没有勇气做
自己认为对的事
联想记忆
convict v.证明……有罪
convince v.使确信，使信服
-.architect [ˈɑːkɪtekt]n.建筑师，设计师，缔造者
典型例句
He was one of the principal architects of the revolution.
他是那次革命的一位发动者。
最常用法
the architect of sth.某事物的缔造者
联想记忆
designer n.设计师，构思者
build v.建造
我们不可能把每条路都走一遍。必须执着于一条道路才能获得成功。我们必须有一个终生追求的目标，其他的则从属于这个目标。
我痛恨做事半途而废。如果这件事是对的，就大胆勇敢地去做；如果这件事不对，就不要去做。
历史长河中的伟人并不是靠终日瞻观镜中的自己来衡量自身的形象的。他们的形象来自对事业全身心的投入与追求。他们是如此的卓越超凡，于是芸芸众生觉得他们很伟大，并因此称他们为伟人。
为崇高的理想而活着是一种成功的生活。使人变强大的，不是这个人做了什么，而是他努力尝试去做什么。有人说过，“恒久的警惕是自由的代价”，那同样也可以说，“不懈的努力是成功的代价。”倘若我们不尽全力工作，别人会尽全力，随后他们将在竞争中超越我们，从我们手中夺取胜利的果实。
成功越来越不依赖于运气和巧合。丧失自信是我们失败的主要原因。
性格是取得成功不可或缺的重要助力。性格是一种固化成形的习惯，是不断培养并坚信于此的结果。每个人的性格都会受到遗传因素、环境和教育的影响。但除此之外，如果人在很大程度上不能成为自己性格的构筑者，那么他就会沦为宿命论者，从而成为环境的失败造物。
与其说人是环境的造物，不如说人是环境的建筑师更贴切些。同样的材料，有人能用其建造出宫殿，而有人只能建成简陋的小屋。在建筑师将其变成他物之前，砖泥依然是砖泥。想得到得多就永远不要奢望太多。智者不会在意他们得不到的东西。