勵志英語美文精選范文GrowthThatStartsFromThinking1Itseemstomeaverydifficultthingtoputintowordsthebeliefsweholdandwhattheymakeyoudoinyourlife。IthinkIwasfortunatebecauseIgrewupinafamilywheretherewasaverydeepreligiousfeeling。Idon'tthinkitwasspokenofagreatdeal。ItwasmoreorlesstakenforgrantedthateverybodyheldcertainbeliefsandneededcertainreinforcementsoftheirownstrengthandthatthatcamethroughyourbeliefinGodandyourknowledgeofprayer。ButasIgrewolderIquestionedagreatmanyofthethingsthatIknewverywellmygrandmotherwhohadbroughtmeuphadtakenforgranted。AndIthinkImighthavebeenaquitedifficultpersontolivewithifithadn'tbeenforthefactthatmyhusbandoncesaiditdidn'tdoyouanyharmtolearnthosethings，sowhynotletyourchildrenlearnthem？Whentheygrowupthey'llthinkthingsoutforthemselves。Andthatgavemeafeelingthatperhapsthat'swhatweallmustdo—thinkoutforourselveswhatwecouldbelieveandhowwecouldlivebyit。AndsoIcametotheconclusionthatyouhadtousethislifetodeveloptheverybestthatyoucoulddevelop。Idon'tknowwhetherIbelieveinafuturelife。Ibelievethatallthatyougothroughheremusthavesomevalue，thereforetheremustbesomereason。Andtheremustbesome“goingon。”HowexactlythathappensI'veneverbeenabletodecide。Thereisafuture—thatI'msureof。Buthow，thatIdon'tknow。AndIcametofeelthatitdidn'treallymatterverymuchbecausewhateverthefutureheldyou'dhavetofaceitwhenyoucametoit，justaswhateverlifeholdsyouhavetofaceitexactlythesameway。Andtheimportantthingwasthatyouneverletdowndoingthebestthatyouwereabletodo—itmightbepoorbecauseyoumightnothaveverymuchwithinyoutogive，ortohelpotherpeoplewith，ortoliveyourlifewith。Butaslongasyoudidtheverybestthatyouwereabletodo，thenthatwaswhatyouwereputheretodoandthatwaswhatyouwereaccomplishingbybeinghere。AndsoIhavetriedtofollowthatout—andnottoworryaboutthefutureorwhatwasgoingtohappen。IthinkIamprettymuchofafatalist。Youhavetoacceptwhatevercomesandtheonlyimportantthingisthatyoumeetitwithcourageandwiththebestthatyouhavetogive。FixingUptheRun—DownPlaces2Everylifecoheresaroundcertainfundamentalcoreideaswhetherwerealizeitornot。IfIwereaskedtostatetheideasaroundwhichmylifeandmylife'sworkhavebeenbuiltitwouldseemthattheywereverysimpleideas。無論我們能否認(rèn)識到這點，每個人的人生都與某種基礎(chǔ)的核心思想密切相連的。Anoldprofessorofmineusedtosaythat"effortcounts。""Thesurestthingintheworld，"hewouldsay，"nexttodeathisthateffortcounts。"ThisIbelievewithallmyheart。倘若有人問我，我的生命與工作基于何種觀念？我覺得它們非常簡單。“一分耕耘，一分收獲。”這是我的一位老教授過去常說的話。他說：“除了死亡之外，世界上最確切的事就是‘一分耕耘，一分收獲'。”我對此深信不疑。Weseldomrealizethesenseofglow，thesenseofgrowingself—esteem，thesenseofachievement，whichcancomefromdoingajobwell。Justworkingatathingwithenthusiasmandwithabeliefthatthejobmaybeaccomplished，howeveruncertaintheoutcome，lendszesttolife。我們很少能意識到工作帶給我們的樂趣，對我們自尊心的培養(yǎng)，以及給予我們的成就感。只要帶著熱情去做一件事情，并堅信一定可以完成，無論最終會有怎樣的結(jié)果，它都會為我們的生活帶來激情。IfIweretostartlifeagain，IthinkIwoulddojustwhatIhavedoneinthepast—thispasthavingbeendonebymerechance。Iwouldstartatsometaskwhichverymuchneededtobedone。IwouldstartinaplacewhichwasrundownandIwouldbelievewithallmyheartthatifthethingneededtobedoneandifeffortwereputintoit，resultswouldcomeforhumangood。如果再給我一次生命，我想我仍會做過去所做的事——雖然過去所做的一切純屬偶然。我會從急需去做的事情做起，從破損之處做起;我會由衷地相信，只要是必須做的事，只要付出努力，就一定會獲得對人類有益的結(jié)果。Too，fromtheoutset，mywifeandIhavehadthefeelingthatnomatterwhatelsewedidinlife，wehadtodevoteourbestthinkingandourbestlivingtoourchildren。并且，我和妻子從一開始就認(rèn)為，無論生活中還有任何什么別的事等待我們?nèi)プ觯覀兌急仨毴硇臑楹⒆觽兲峁┳詈玫纳睢owthattheyareallgrown，wehavesinceresatisfactioninthefactthattryingtodoajobandtryingtoearnalivingdidnottakeawayfromusthisurgencytobeanddosothatourchildrencouldhaveafeelingoftheimportanceofintegrity，honestyandstraightforwardnessinlife。如今，他們都已長大成人。我們感到無比滿足，我們?yōu)樯嫳疾ǎぷ鳎疾辉雎院⒆樱@樣孩子們才能真正明白生活中正直、誠實和坦率的重要性。而我覺得，人們通常都忽略了這些。為了在社會中生存，人們不得不去工作，于是忽略了自己的孩子。Itseemstomefartoooftenthisisoverlooked。Wepeopleinpubliclifedothejobswehavetodoandfailtosaveourownchildren。Thissecondthingisimportant—doingthetaskyouhavetodobutbeginningathometobringpeace，love，happinessandcontentmenttothosewhomGodhasgivenyou。然而，后者更為重要一一做你必須做的'事，但先要把和平、愛心、幸福和滿足感帶給家中的那些上帝恩賜與你的孩子們。Thethirdidea，aroundwhichIhavetriedtoliveandwork，isthatthereisanovershadowingProvidencethatcaresforone。Ofttimesstrugglesaretoointense，too"eagerbeaverish"when，asamatteroffact，timeandGodcansolvemanyproblems。上天始終眷顧著我，這是維系我的生活與工作的第三個觀念。有時，我們會過于積極，過于“急功近利”，而事實上，上帝和時間會解決很多問題。NeverinmylifehaveIgottenawayfromtheideathatGodcaresandthatHeprovidesthattheforcesofgoodintheworldaregreaterthantheforcesofevilandthatifwewilllendourselvestothoseforces，inthelongrunwehavegreaterjoyandhappinessinthethingwhichwetrytoachieve。上帝眷顧著我們，他讓我們懂得世界上善的力量總大于惡的力量，只要我們追隨著善，就一定會從我們努力成就的事業(yè)中獲得更多的快樂與幸福，這正是我在一生中都不曾背離的一種觀念。它們是我兒時時從母親那里學(xué)到的。ThisIlearnedfrommymotherasaboy。Althoughshewasillandalthoughwewerepoor—aspooraspeoplecanbe—Idonotnowrecallamomentofdiscouragementinherpresence。TherewasalwaysanoverpoweringbeliefthatGodwasinHisheavenandthat，asJoeLouissaid，"Godisonourside。"雖然母親染病在身，雖然我們的生活一貧如洗，但是在我的記憶中，母親從未有過一刻的氣餒。她始終堅信，正如喬路易斯所說：“上帝與我們同在。”上帝就在天堂。ThesethingsIbelievewithallmyheart。對于這些觀念，我是由衷地相信的。當(dāng)刮風(fēng)的時候3YearsagoafarmerownedlandalongtheAtlanticseacoast。Heconstantlyadvertisedforhiredhands。MostpeoplewerereluctanttoworkonfarmsalongtheAtlantic。TheydreadedtheawfulstormsthatragedacrosstheAtlantic，wreakinghavoconthebuildingsandcrops。Asthefarmerinterviewedapplicantsforthejob，hereceivedasteadystreamofrefusals。Finally，ashort，thinman，wellpastmiddleage，approachedthefarmer。"Areyouagoodfarmhand？"thefarmeraskedhim。"Well，Icansleepwhenthewindblows，"answeredthelittleman。Althoughpuzzledbythisanswer，thefarmer，desperateforhelp，hiredhim。Thelittlemanworkedwellaroundthefarm，busyfromdawntodusk，andthefarmerfeltsatisfiedwiththeman'swork。Thenonenightthewindhowledloudlyinfromoffshore。Jumpingoutofbed，thefarmergrabbedalanternandrushednextdoor