OnAchievingSuccessEarnestHemingwayWecannottraveleverypath.Successmustbewonalongoneline.Wemustmakeourbusinesstheonelifepurposetowhicheveryothermustbesubordinate.Ihateathingdonebyhalves.Ifitberight,doitboldly.Ifitbewrong,leaveitundone.Themenofhistorywerenotperpetuallylookingintothemirrortomakesureoftheirownsize.Absorbedintheirworktheydidit.Theydiditsowellthatthewonderingworldseesthemtobegreat,andlabeledthemaccordingly.Tolivewithahighidealisasuccessfullife.Itisnotwhatonedoes,butwhatonetriestodo,thatmakesamanstrong.“Eternalvigilance,”ithasbeensaid,“isthepriceofliberty.”Withequaltruthitmaybesaid,“Unceasingeffortisthepriceofsuccess.”Ifwedonotworkwithourmight,otherswill;andtheywilloutstripusintherace,andplucktheprizefromourgrasp.Successgrowslessandlessdependantonluckandchance.Self-distrustisthecauseofmostofourfailures.Thegreatandindispensablehelptosuccessischaracter.Characterisacrystallizedhabit,theresultoftrainingandconviction.Everycharacterisinfluencedbyheredity,environmentandeducation.Buttheseapart,ifeverymanwerenottobeagreatextentthearchitectofhisowncharacter,hewouldbeafatalist,andirresponsiblecreatureofcircumstances.Insteadofsayingthatmanisacreatureofcircumstanceitwouldbenearerthemarktosaythatmanisthearchitectofcircumstance.Formthesamematerialsonemanandbricks,untilthearchitectcanmakethemsomethingelse.Thetruewaytogainmuchisnevertodesiretogaintoomuch.Wisemendon’tcareforwhattheycan’thave.翻译:论成功海明威人不可能经历每一条道路,必须选择一条道路走下去并最终获得成功。我们必须将自己所从事的事业看做毕生奋斗的目标,其他的目标则从属于这个大目标。我恨痛恨做事半途而废。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。历史上的伟人都不是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。若有伟大的理想支撑,便是成功的人生。所谓强人,并不在于他做了什么,而在于他尝试去做的事情。有言道,“恒久的警惕是自由的代价”,同样地,“不懈的努力是成功的代价”。如果我们不全力以赴,别人就会赶超我们,并从我们手中夺去胜利的果实。成功不能完全依靠运气和机遇。自我怀疑是很多人失败的缘由。性格是缺德成功不可或缺的重要助力。性格是一种固化形成的习惯,是不断培养并艰辛与此的结果。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恩能够成为自己性格的构筑着,那么他就会沦为宿命论者,从而成为环境的失败造物。与其说人是环境的产物,不如说人是环境的建造者。用同样的材料,有人能建造出宫殿,而有人只能建成简陋的小屋。砖头还是那些砖头,水泥还是那些水泥,只是建筑师不同而已。想得到的多就永远不要奢望太多。聪明的人不会为他们无法拥有的东西叹息。