英语翻译
英语翻译
我是不会选择做一个普通人的,如果我能够做到的话,我有权成为 一位不寻常的人.我寻找机会,但我不寻求安稳,我不希望在国家的照顾下成为一名有保障的国民,那将被人瞧不起而使我感到痛苦不堪.
我要做有意义的冒险.我要梦想,我要创造,我要失败,我也要成功.
我拒绝用刺激来换取施舍；我宁愿向生活挑战,而不愿过有保证的生活；宁愿要达到目的时的激动,而不愿要乌托邦式毫无生气的平静.
我不会拿我的*与慈善作交易,也不会拿我的尊严去与发给乞丐的食物作交易.我决不会在任何一位大师面前发抖,也不会为任何恐吓所屈服.
我的天性是挺胸直立,骄傲而无所畏惧.我勇敢地面对这个世界,自豪地说：在上帝的帮助下,我已经做到了.
以下选自《企业家杂志》发刊词1904年,作者：托马斯 潘恩 《常识》
I do not choose to be a common person.
It is my right to be uncommon—if I can.
I seek opportunity—not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen,
humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk,
to dream and to build,
to fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;
I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence;
the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia.
I will not trade my freedom for beneficence
nor my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before any master
nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud, and unafraid;
to think and act for myself;
to enjoy the benefit of my creations;
and to face the world boldly
and say:
"This, with God's help, I have done."
—Entrepreneur's Credo of the American