1 Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous.
勇敢些！我對經濟蕭條司空見慣，但美國恰恰就是從這些蕭條中振作起來而且變得更加強大和繁榮。
Courageous: 勇敢的
Depression: 蕭條；消沈
Emerge: 出現
Prosperous: 繁榮的
2 Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
不滿足是進步的首要條件。
Discontent: 不滿意
Necessity: 必需
3 Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才就是百分之壹的靈感加上百分之九十九的汗水。
Genius: 天才
Inspiration: 靈感
Perspiration: 出汗
4 I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
我在工作中找到最大的快樂和回報，而不是工作所帶來的成功。
Precede: 在…之前；早於
5 I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
我和普通工人之間的友誼任何東西都交換不了。
Overall: 工作服
Swap: 交換
6 If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
如果我們所做的都是我們擅長的事情，我們最終將使自己大吃壹驚。
Astound: 使吃驚
7 Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
放棄是我們最大的弱點。成功的方法只不過是失敗之後再嘗試壹次。
Weakness: 缺點；弱點
8 Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
成熟通常比稚嫩更荒唐，也最易待稚嫩以不公。
Maturity: 成熟
Absurd: 荒唐的
Frequently: 經常地
Unjust: 不公正的
9 Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
非暴力將帶領人類到達最崇高的倫理規範。除非我們停止傷害所有其它的生物，我們仍然是野蠻人。
Ethics: 倫理規範
Evolution: 進化
Savage: 野蠻人
10 The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
最好的思想在獨處中誕生；最糟的思想在混亂中產生。
Solitude: 獨處
Turmoil: 混亂
11 The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
勤奮、堅持不懈和常識是成就任何有價值事業的三項最根本的條件。
Essential: 根本；實質
Worthwhile: 值得的
Stick-to-itiveness: 堅持
12 There is no substitute for hard work.
努力不可取代。
Substitute: 代替品
13 They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
人們說威爾遜總統犯了大錯誤。也許他的確如此，但是我註意到他在錯誤中前進。
Blunder: 犯錯誤
Forward: 向前
14 To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
為了發明創造，妳同時需要不錯的想象力和無數次的失敗。
Junk: 垃圾
15 Great ideas originate in the muscles.
好想法來自實踐。
Originate: 來源
16 I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it.
我知道這個世界被無限的智慧所統治。我們周圍所有東西——所有存在的東西——證明在所有的東西背後都有無限的規律。
Infinite: 無限的
Intelligence: 智慧
17 The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration.
所有工作的目的要麽是生產產品，要麽是有所成就， 要達到其中任何壹個目的，必須要求具有預見、系統性、計劃、智慧、真實的目的以及勤奮。
Accomplishment: 成就
Forethought: 預見；預想
18 Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
壹個對現狀完全滿意的人是不會有所成就的。
Thoroughly: 完全地；十足地
19 Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
我不發明賣不出去的東西。銷售出去是實用的證明，而實用就是成功。
Utility: 實用
20 The scope of thrift is limitless.
節儉永無止境
Thrift: 節儉；節省
Limitless: 無限的