The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure.It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.

译文：勤奋能使学业更加精进，而沉迷于玩乐会导致学业荒废；德行由于独立思考而有所成就，由于因循随俗而败坏。赏析：人如果愚钝不开，只要勤奋也能补拙，但聪明的人要是玩物就会丧志，做任何事也不会成功。

"The poet's job is to pay attention, then to pay attention to what they've paid attention to."

Don't let anyone dull your sparkle.

历史是对于未来最好的老师。历史书中的答案价值万金。