1. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

1. 包容一种观点但不一定接受它，这是头脑训练有素的标志。(亚里士多德)

2. The most intelligent person is not the one who's best at doing any specific task, but the one who's best at picking up new things quickly.

2. 聪明绝顶的人不一定擅长某项具体工作，但要善于迅速接受新事物。(托马斯·马龙)

3. People you know will always have your back, not when you're standing¹ on top of the mountain but in the deepest ditch².

3. 你熟悉的人总会在身后支持你，不是当你身处巅峰时，而是在你陷入低谷的时候。(杰克·斯坦菲尔德)

4. Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first.

4. 所有人都喜欢高谈阔论如何与客户建立良好的关系。而我认为，首先应该和自己的员工建立良好的关系。(安吉拉·阿伦茨)

5. In order to free ourselves from the constraints³ of what is now being done, we can start with a very board approach to the whole purpose of the operation.

5. 为了要将我们自己从现在所从事的工作的限制当中解放出来，我们可以用更广的视野检视这工作的整个目的。(爱德华·德·博诺)

6. The role of a leader is to create the environment that allows people to take joy in their work, use their abilities and fulfill⁴ their potential.

6. 领导者的任务是创造一个可以让他的同仁乐在工作，发挥他们的才能和潜力的环境。(爱德华·戴明)

7. How are we going to get that knowledge? There is only one way – through study. That is the only way we can get knowledge.

7. 我们怎样得到知识?只有一个方法——透过学习，它是我们可以得到知识的唯一方法。(汤姆·华生)

8. Nothing is so much fun as business. I do not expect to do anything but work as long as I can stand up.

8. 没有任何事比经营企业还有趣。只要我能撑下去，除了工作，我不想做其他的事。(小威廉·来礼)

9. While statistics⁵ say that 95 percent of all young men who enter business fail, this should not discourage any one. Go out with the spirit 「sink or swim」,and a person will not sink.

9. 当统计显示百分之九十五的年青人创业失败，这不应该使人气馁。带着破釜沉舟的精神去闯，一个人就不会沉没。(安德鲁·卡内基)

10. You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

10. 你不能只问顾客要什么，然后想法子给他们做什么。等你做出来，他们已经另有新欢了。(史蒂夫·乔布斯)