"We could succeed in Afghanistan and if the Pakistani government does not put its own house in order they could fail in their counter-insurgency anyway,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

And if you're not paying attention to that, the business doesn't succeed, it just falls down.

如果不考虑到这些的话，我们的企业便不会成功。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

A poll-- global poll, whether it's in Japan,China,United States or Europe: most people think that it's more important to focus on their weaknesses if they are to succeed.

一项全球民意调查显示，无论是在日本，中国，美国或欧洲：,大多数人认为，如果要成功,注重自己的缺点比优点更重要。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

You have to show those visible signs,". Admiral Mullen said the U.S.government is "extremely concerned" about corruption in Afghanistan, and that if the issue is not addressed, any U.S.and international military effort will not succeed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

You will find that, even if you succeed in discounting the attitudes of others to you and your life, you must wrestle with yourself most of all, fight with yourself, for there will surge up in you a strong desire to alter facts, to dress up your feelings.

你会发现，即使你可以忽略,其他人对你及你的生活的态度，你还得和自己战斗，几乎是和自己抗争，这样你就会有种强烈的欲望，要扭曲事实来添油加醋地描述你的感觉。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"There's a new recognition in the global debate that while security efforts in Afghanistan are exceedingly important,critical, we can never succeed if we don't manage to build a basic state with basic governance that can provide basic security in the area between Central Asia and South Asia,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27