Grow Great By Dreams
因夢想而偉大
The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman: “How have you done so much in your lifetime?”
一位非常成功的商人曾經被人問起這樣一個問題：“您如何在有生之年取得了這樣的成就?”
He replied, “I have dreamed. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. In the night I dreamt about my dreams. And when I awoke in the morning, I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, ‘You can't do that, it isn't possible,’ I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted.” As Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the US, said: “We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.”
他回答道：“我擁有夢想，大膽去遐想自己想做什麼，然後躺在床上思考夢想。夜裡我就夢到了夢想。早晨醒來後，我發現了實現自己夢想的途徑。當別人仍在說：‘你做不到，那不可能’時，我已經為實現夢想而穩步前行了。”正如美國第28任總統伍德羅•威爾遜所言：“我們因夢想而偉大，所有偉人都是夢想家。”
They see things in the soft haze of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nourish them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
在春天的薄霧中或是在漫漫冬夜的熊熊爐火旁，他們想象著要做的事情。我們之中有些人會讓這些偉大的夢想自生自滅，但是另一些人則會培育夢想並保護夢想，身處人生低谷也不放棄夢想，直至見到太陽與光明。而太陽與光明也總是垂青於那些真誠地希望夢想成真的人。
So please, don't let anyone steal your dreams, or try to tell you they are too impossible.
那麼，請別讓他人偷走你的夢想，也別因他人說你的夢想太遙不可及而放棄。
Sing your song, dream your dreams, hope your hope and walk on your own way.
唱你自己的歌，做你自己的夢，企盼你自己的希望，走你自己的路吧!