Wishes, plans, and promises have a common deficiency. They all lack meaningful commitment.
愿望、计划和承诺有一个共同的缺陷。他们都缺乏有意义的承诺。

Commitment begins when you take action. The most impressive words, the most detailed strategies have little meaning until they’re acted upon.
承诺始于您采取行动。最令人印象深刻的话，最详细的策略，在付诸行动之前几乎没有意义。

Are you not quite ready to begin? Begin anyway, initiate genuine commitment, and you’ll quickly be making progress and will forget about whether you were ready or not.
你还没有准备好开始吗？无论如何，开始，开始真正的承诺，你会很快取得进步，并且会忘记你是否准备好了。

You can always learn and adjust as you go, but it doesn’t work the other way around. You never make progress if all you’re doing is learning, preparing, and revising your plans.
你总是可以边走边学和调整，但反过来就行不通了。如果你所做的只是学习、准备和修改你的计划，你永远不会取得进步。

Give your intentions the action they deserve. Implement your plans, go where they lead, and you’ll invoke the power of commitment.
给你的意图他们应得的行动。实施你的计划，去他们领导的地方，你会唤起承诺的力量。

If you wish you could, if you think you can, begin it. Commit with action and make it happen.
如果你希望你可以，如果你认为你可以，就开始吧。承诺行动并实现它。

— Ralph Marston — 拉尔夫·马斯顿