為自己設定一個高標準，比其他人要求你做到的還要高！如此一來，你的老闆是嚴格還是寬鬆將不再重要，競爭是否嚴峻也不再重要，因為你將與自己競爭。

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone around you, and it won’t matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won’t matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you’ll be competing with yourself.

-- 里克‧皮提諾，籃球教練

我發現愛一個人的最好方法，不是去改變他們，而是幫助他們呈現最棒的自己。

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

-- 史蒂夫 ‧ 馬拉博利，美國作家及勵志演說家

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

-- Jessamyne West, Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books

I am yours," he whispered. "I live to hold you, Risa. I breathe to touch you.

-- Lora Leigh, Dragon Bound

Aim higher in case you fall short.

-- Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.

-- Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

你不能對任何事情設限。夢想有多遠，你就能走多遠。

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

-- 麥可．菲爾普斯，美國泳將、奧運最多金牌紀錄保持者

I enjoy books. No room is fit for occupation without a lining of books.

-- Martin Booth, A Very Private Gentleman

But what are loyalty and caring really worth?" "To me? Everything.

-- Richelle Mead, The Golden Lily

Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.

-- Deepak Chopra, Lady Midnight

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

-- Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

如同你明天就要死了一樣地生活，如同你會活到永遠地學習。

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

-- 甘地，印度民族主義運動領袖

Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.

-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

成功不是取決於性別或族群，它取決於夢想的規模，以及為達成夢想所做的努力。

Your success will not be determined by your gender or your ethnicity, but only on the scope of your dreams and your hard work to achieve them.

-- 札哈·哈蒂，建築師

Be yourself and become wealthy!

-- Stephen Richards, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

If you believe very strongly in something, stand up and fight for it.

-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

成功不能帶來快樂，快樂才是成功的關鍵，如果你喜歡自己做的事，你就能成功。

-- 艾伯特．史懷哲，諾貝爾和平獎得主

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

-- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

A diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance covers?

-- Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

Life had sure been simpler when I hadn't dated.

-- Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark