宁可谈判十年，也不打仗一天。

Never forget why you started, and you can accomplish your mission. We must always keep in mind the mission of "dedicating oil to the motherland".

The context is so much more important than the building itself.

"The more you live your life, the less you fear death."

Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.