A nation must take certain risks to achieve greatness.

一个国家必须冒一定风险来成就伟大的事业。

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Those who seldom show off before others are able to achieve greatness.

很少在人前炫耀的人能够成就伟业。

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Ask not how to achieve greatness, ask why you want to achieve greatness!

不要问怎样才能获得成功，问一下你为什么要成功！

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Start-ups, just like mature companies and non-profits, require strong leadership to achieve greatness.

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Then there are the neverwuzzes who should have had their moment in the stock-market sun, but failed to achieve greatness.

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You must be in a rush in the short term, but only expect to achieve greatness in the long term.

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