1、精品文檔 史蒂夫喬布斯語錄 成為卓越的代名詞，很多人并不能適合需要杰出素質的 環境。There is no shortcut to excellence. You will have to make the commitment to make excellence your priority. Use your talents, abilities, and skills in the best way possible and get ahead of others by giving that little extra. Live by a higher standard and pay

2、 attention to the details that really do make the difference. Excellence is not difficult - simply decide right now to give it your best shot - and you will be amazed with what life gives you back.成功沒有捷徑。你必須把卓越轉變成你身上的一個特 質。最大限度地發揮你的天賦、才能、技巧，把其他所有人 甩在你后面。高標準嚴格自己，把注意力集中在那些將會改 變一切的細節上。變得卓越并不艱難從現在開始盡自己

3、最大能力去做你會發現生活將給你驚人的回報。3. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven 't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.成就一番偉業的唯一途徑就是熱愛自己的事業。如果你還沒能找到讓自己熱愛的事業，繼續尋找，不要放棄。跟隨 自己的心，總有一天你會找到的。I ' ve got it down

4、to four words:“ Do what youlove. ” Seek out an occupation that gives you a sense of meaning, direction and satisfaction in life. Having a sense of purpose and striving towards goals gives life meaning, direction and satisfaction. It not only contributes to health and longevity, but also makes you fe

5、el better in difficult times. Do you jump out of bed on Monday mornings and look forward to the work week? If the answer is no', keep looking, you'll know when you find it.“我把這段話濃縮為：“做我所愛”。去尋找一個能給 你的生命帶來意義、價值和讓你感覺充實的事業。擁有使命 感和目標感才能給生命帶來意義、價值和充實。這不僅對你 的健康和壽命有益處，而且即使在你處于困境的時候你也會 感覺良好。在每周一的早上，你

6、能不能利索的爬起來并且對 工作日充滿期待 ?如果不能，那么你得重新去尋找。你會感 覺得到你是不是真的找到了。4. You know, we don't grow most of the food we eat. We wear clothes other people make. We speak a language that other people developed. We use a mathematics thatother people evolved.I mean, we're constantlytaking things. It's a wonder

7、ful, ecstatic feeling tocreate something that puts it back in the pool of human experience and knowledge.并不是每個人都需要種植自己的糧食，也不是每個人都 需要做自己穿的衣服，我們說著別人發明的語言，使用別人 發明的數學我們一直在使用別人的成果。使用人類的已 有經驗和知識來進行發明創造是一件很了不起的事情。”Live in a way that is ethically responsible. Try to make a difference in this world and contr

8、ibute to the higher good. You 'll find it gives more meaning toyour life and it's a great antidote to boredom. Thereis always so much to be done. And talk to others about what you are doing. Don't preach or be self -righteous, or fanatical about it, that just puts people off, but at the

9、same time, don't be shy about setting an example, and use opportunities that arise to let others know what you are doing.帶著責任感生活，嘗試為這個世界帶來點有意義的事 情，為更高尚的事情做點貢獻。這樣你會發現生活更加有意 義，生命不再枯燥。需要我們去做的事情很多。告訴其 他 人你的計劃， 不要鼓吹， 也不要自以為是， 更不能盲目狂熱，那樣只會把人們嚇跑，當然，你也不要害怕成為榜樣，要抓 住出頭的機會讓人們知道你的所作所為。5. There 's a phra

10、se in Buddhism, Beginner 's mind. ' It 's wonderful to have a beginner's mind.佛教中有一句話：初學者的心態；擁有初學者的心態是 件了不起的事情。It is the kind of mind that can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything. Beginner 's mind is Zen practice

11、 in action. It is the mind that is innocent of preconceptions and expectations, judgements and prejudices. Think of beginner 's mind as the mind that faces life like a small child, full of curiosity and wonder and amazement.不要迷惑于表象而要洞察事務的本質，初學者的心態是 行動派的禪宗。所謂初學者的心態是指，不要無端猜測、不 要期望、不要武斷也不要偏見。初學者的心態

12、正如一個新生 兒面對這個世界一樣，永遠充滿好奇、求知欲、贊嘆。6. We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.我們認為看電視的時候，人的大腦基本停止工作，打開精品文檔 電腦的時候，大腦才開始運轉。Reams of academic studies over the decades have amply confirmed television's pernicious m

13、ental andmoral influences. And most TV watchers know that their habit is mind-numbing and wasteful, but still spend most of their time in front of that box. So turn your TV off and save some brain cells. But be cautious, you can turn your brain off by using a computer also. Try and have an intellige

14、nt conversation with someone who plays first person shooters for eight hours a day. Or auto race games, or role-playing games.過去十年中，大量的理論研究表明，電視對人的精神和 心智是有害的。大多數電視觀眾都知道這個壞習慣會浪費時 間并且使大腦變得遲鈍，但是他們還是選擇呆在電視機前 面。關掉電視吧，給自己省點腦細胞。還有，電腦也會讓你 的大腦秀逗，不信的話你去跟那些一天花8 小時玩第一視角設計游戲、汽車拉力游戲、角色扮演游戲的人聊聊看，你也 會得出這個結論的。7. I &

15、#39;m the only person I know that 's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.It 's verycharacter-building.我是我所知道的唯一一個在一年中失去億美元的人這對我的成長很有幫助。Don't equate ma-ki-ng mistakes with being a mistake. There is no such thing as a successful person who has not failed or made mistakes, there

16、 are successful people who made mistakes and changed their lives or performance in response to them, and so got it right the next time. They viewed mistakes as warnings rather than signs of hopeleinadequacy. Never ma-ki-ng a mistake means never living life to the full.范錯誤不等于錯誤。從來沒有哪個成功的人沒有失敗過 或者犯過錯誤

17、，相反，成功的人都是犯了錯誤之后，做出改 正，然后下次就不會再錯了，他們把錯誤當成一個警告而不 是萬劫不復的失敗。從不犯錯意味著從來沒有真正活過。8. I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.我愿意用我所有的科技去換取和蘇格拉底相處的一個 下午。Over the last decade, numerous books featuring lessons from historical figures have appeared on the shelves of bookstores around th

18、e world. And Socrates stands with Leonardo da Vinci, Nicholas Copernicus, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein as a beacon ofinspiration for independent thinkers. But he came first. Cicero said of Socrates that,“He called philosophydown from the skies and into the lives of men.” So use Socrates '

19、principles in your life, your work, your learning, and your relationships.It 's not aboutSocrates, it 's really about you, and how you can bring more truth, beauty and goodneinto your life everyday.十幾年來，世界各地的書店里涌現出海量的關于歷史人 物的書籍。這些人物包括蘇格拉底、達芬奇、哥白尼、達爾 文以及愛因斯坦，他們被稱為人們靈感的燈塔，而蘇格拉底 排在第一位。西塞羅評價蘇格拉底

20、說：“他把哲學從高高在 上的學科變得與人休戚相關。”把蘇格拉底的原則運用到你 的生活、工作、學習以及人及關系上吧，這不是關于蘇格拉 底，這是關于你自己，以及關于你如何給你每天的生活帶來 更多的真善美。9. We're here to put a dent in the universe.Otherwise why else even be here?活著就是為了改變世界，難道還有其他原因嗎？Did you know that you have big things to accomplish in life? And did you know that those big things

21、 are getting rather dusty while you pour yourself another cup of coffee, and decide to mull things over ratherthan do them? We were all born with a gift to give in life, one which informs all of our desires, interests, passions and curiosities. This gift is, in fact, our purpose. And you don't n

22、eed permis sion to decide your own purpose. No boss, teacher, parent, priest or other authority can decide this for you. Just find that unique purpose.你是否知道在你的生命中，有什么使命是一定要達成的 ? 你知不知道在你喝一杯咖啡或者做些無意義事情的時候，這 些使命又蒙上了一層灰塵 ?我們生來就隨身帶著一件東西， 這件東西指示著我們的渴望、興趣、熱情以及好奇心，這就 是使命。 你不需要任何權威來評斷你的使命， 沒有任何老板、 老師、父母、牧師以及

23、任何權威可以幫你來決定。你需要靠 你自己來尋找這個獨特的使命。10. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else 's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people 's thinking. Don't let the noise of other ' s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary