清晰的愿景将障碍转化为垫脚石。

"The best investment you can make is in yourself."

君子重视自身的努力，而不羡慕上天的恩赐；小人放弃自身的努力，而羡慕上天的恩赐。

美国军人的八项素质，忠诚、责任、尊重、无私、服从、荣誉、正直，个人勇气。

激情是驱动创造力并保持火焰燃烧的燃料。

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.

"The stories we tell ourselves about who we are and where we come from shape our identity and our destiny."