What can stop you most effectively is you. What can stop you most routinely is you. 最能阻止你的是你自己。最能阻止你的是你自己。

Fortunately you don’t have to let that happen. You have control over your thoughts and actions, and you can exercise that control to benefit yourself and your world. 幸运的是，你不必让这种情况发生。你可以控制你的思想和行动，你可以运用这种控制来造福你自己和你的世界。

Various circumstances arise, with their obstacles, interruptions, frustrations, pains and discouragements. As difficult as life can be, there’s never any good reason for you to add to that difficulty. 各种各样的情况出现了，伴随着它们的障碍、干扰、挫折、痛苦和沮丧。尽管生活很困难，但你永远没有理由去增加困难。

Though many forces can push you back, you always have the ability to push forward. Set your sights on a meaningful enough purpose, and you activate that ability and the willingness to use it. 虽然有很多力量会把你推回去，但你总是有能力向前推进。把你的目光放在一个足够有意义的目标上，你就会激活这种能力和使用它的意愿。

Some days you can make real, discernible progress, some days you just stay even, and other days you might slip backwards. Yet on every one of those days, you can seize the opportunity to give your absolute best. 有些日子你可以取得真实的明显的进步，有些日子你只是保持平衡，而其他日子你可能会倒退。然而，在每一个这样的日子里，你都可以抓住机会，尽你最大的努力。

Choose to be the most vigorous supporter of your own life and your own highest purpose. No matter what other factors may come into play, that’s always your most positive and powerful choice. 选择成为你自己生活和你自己最高目标的最有力的支持者。无论其他因素如何影响，这始终是你最积极、最有力的选择。

— Ralph Marston - 拉尔夫·马斯顿