Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
你们的时间都有限，所以不要按照别人的意愿去活，这是浪费时间。不要囿于成见，那是在按照别人设想的结果而活。不要让别人观点的聒噪声淹没自己的心声。最主要的是，要有跟着自己感觉和直觉走的勇气。无论如何，感觉和直觉早就知道你到底想成为什么样的人，其他都是次要的。
记住，希望是好事，甚至也许是人间至善。而美好的事永不消失。
一个人的信念必须超越自我和个人需求，它可以是自己的公司、祖国或服役义务。任何因信念和核心价值观的激励而选择的挑战都是值得的，无论最终的结果是成功还是失败。
The book is not an end in itself, it is a means of evocation.