Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen (Adams) Keller (1880 – 1968) More »
人格の発達は、順風満帆とは行きません。試練に耐え苦難を乗り越えて行く中で初めて、魂が鍛えられ、視界が開け、大望が湧き起こり、実現可能となるものです。 – ヘレン・ケラー (1880 – 1968) More »
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. – Alan C.[Curtis] Kay (1940 – ) / The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter (Ferdinand) Drucker (1909 – 2005) / (The future… More »
未来を予測する一番の方法は、未来を作り上げてしまうこと。 – アラン・Ｃ［カーティス・］ケイ (1940 – ) / 未来を予測する一番の方法は、未来を創造すること。 – ピーター・（ファーディナンド・）ドラッカー (1909 – 2005) / (未来は予測できないが…) More »
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. – Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy [Onassis] (1929 – 1994) More »
人生の目標は、見出す価値がある唯一の財産です。 – ジャクリン［ジャクリーン］・ケネディ［オナシス］ (1929 – 1994) More »
The wish is father to the thought. More »
願っていればそのうち考えも生まれる。 More »
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 82): The Rainy Day More »
雲の後ろには太陽が常に輝いている。 – ヘンリー・Ｗ・ロングフェロー (1807 – 82): 『雨の日』 More »
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