1. making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. it is a pleasurable pursuit…but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.
做最好的自己并不容易，这是很美好的愿望，需要耐心、坚持和毅力。
2. if you are unhappy with anything – whatever is bringing you down – get rid of it. because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.
如果你因某件事不开心，不管是什么，都不要去管它。因为你会发现当你不去想它的时候，你才能发挥出自己真正的创造力、才能做真正的自己。
3. if you don’t enjoy your life, sorrow, sadness, fear, shame and guilt will.
如果你不好好享受生活，你的悲伤、难过、害怕、羞愧和内疚会代替你享受。
4. we can never give up wishing while we are thoroughly alive. there are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
我们从不应该在活着的时候放弃希望。我们会为一些事而感到美好，而这些事是我们必须自己去追寻的。
5. you must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.
在掌握新方法之前，你必须要先换一种思考方法。
6. to do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that’s enough for one man’s life.
做有用的事，说勇敢的话，想美好的事，一生足矣。
7. whatever i believed, i did; and whatever i did, i did with my whole heart and mind.
凡是我相信的，我都做了;凡是我做了的事，都是全身心地投入去做的。
8. put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.
不要去想那些阻碍你的事，尤其是那些自己想象出来的事。
9. all we need is the awareness of how blessed we really are.
我们需要的只是意识到自己有多幸运。
10. a lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you’re in and take advantage of it.
很多人不愿改变，因此就失去了认识自己的机会。不管是什么改变，放开怀抱接受吧。一旦你做出改变，你就能更好地认识和利用你的新世界了。