Never, ever give up!1 As a young boy, Britain's great Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, attended a public school called Harrow. He was not a good student, and had he not been from a famous family, he probably would have been removed from the school for deviating from the rules. Thankfully, he did finish at Harrow and his errors there did not preclude him from going on to the university. He eventually had a premier army career whereby he was later elected prime minister. He achieved fame for his wit, wisdom, civic duty, and abundant courage in his refusal to surrender during the miserable dark days of World War II. His amazing determination helped motivate his entire nation and was an inspiration worldwide.英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔小时候就读于一所名为哈罗的公立学校。
他不是一个好学生，如果他不是来自一个有名的家庭，他可能会因为背离校规而被开除出学校。
谢天谢地，他在哈罗大学毕业了，他的错误并没有妨碍他继续上大学。
他最终有了一个陆军总理的职业生涯，后来他被选为首相。
他以机智、智慧、公民责任和在二战黑暗的日子里拒绝投降的勇气而出名。
他惊人的决心有助于激励他的整个国家，也是全世界的灵感来源。
2 Toward the end of his period as prime minister, he was invited to address the patriotic young boys at his old school, Harrow. The headmaster said, "Young gentlemen, the greatest speaker of our time, will be here in a few days to address you, and you should obey whatever sound advice he may give you." The great day arrived. Sir Winston stood up, all five feet, five inches and 107 kilos of him, and gave this short, clear-cut speech: "Young men, never give up. Never give up! Never give up! Never, never, never, never!"在他担任总理的时期即将结束之际，他被邀请在他的旧学校哈罗向爱国青年发表演讲。
校长说：“年轻的先生们，我们这个时代最伟大的演讲者，几天后将到这里向你们讲话，你们应该听从他给你们的任何合理建议。
”伟大的一天到来了。
温斯顿爵士站了起来，他身高五英尺五英寸，体重107公斤，简短而清晰地说：“年轻人，永不放弃。
永不放弃！永不放弃！从不，从不，从不，从不！”3 Personal history, educational opportunity, individual dilemmas —none of these can inhibit a strong spirit committed to success. No task is too hard. No amount of preparation is too long or too difficult. Take the example of two of the most scholarly scientists of our age, Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. Both faced immense obstacles and extreme criticism. Both were called "slow to learn" and written off as idiots by their teachers. Thomas Edison ran away from school because his teacher whipped him repeatedly for asking too many questions. Einstein didn't speak fluently until he was almost nine years old and was such a poor student that some thought he was unable to learn. Yet both boys' parents believed in them. They worked intensely each day with their sons, and the boys learned to never bypass the long hours of hard work that they needed to succeed. In the end, both Einstein and Edison overcame their childhood persecution and went on to achieve magnificent discoveries that benefit the entire world today.个人历史、教育机会、个人困境——这些都不能抑制致力于成功的坚强精神。
没有任务太难。
准备的时间不要太长或太难。
以我们这个时代最有学术价值的两位科学家为例，阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦和托马斯·爱迪生。
双方都面临巨大的障碍和极端的批评。
两人都被老师称为“学习慢”，并被他们的老师当作白痴注销。
托马斯·爱迪生逃学是因为他的老师因为问太多问题而不断鞭打他。
爱因斯坦直到九岁时才说得流利，他是一个很穷的学生，有些人认为他无法学习。
然而，两个男孩的父母都相信他们。
他们每天都和儿子们一起努力工作，孩子们学会了永远不要绕开他们要成功所需的长时间辛勤工作。
最后，爱因斯坦和爱迪生都克服了童年时代的迫害，继续取得了有利于当今世界的伟大发现。
4 Consider also the heroic example of Abraham Lincoln, who faced substantial hardships, failures and repeated misfortunes in his lifetime. His background was certainly not glamorous. He was raised in a very poor family with only one year of formal education. He failed in business twice, suffered a nervous breakdown when his first love died suddenly and lost eight political elections. Later in life, he suffered profound grief over the tragic death of three of his four children. Yet his strong will was the spur that pushed him forward, strengthening his optimism, dedication and determination. It intensified and focused his efforts and enabled him to triumph over the overwhelming failures and profound difficulties in his life. A hundred years later, people from around the world commend Abraham Lincoln as the greatest American president of all time.再想一想亚伯拉罕·林肯的英雄例子，他在有生之年面临着巨大的困难、失败和反复的不幸。
他的背景肯定不光彩。
他在一个非常贫穷的家庭长大，只有一年的正规教育。
他的生意两次失败，他的初恋突然去世，八次政治选举失败，他精神崩溃。
晚年，他为四个孩子中的三个不幸去世而深感悲痛。
然而，他的坚强意志是推动他前进的动力，加强了他的乐观、奉献和决心。
它加强和集中他的努力，使他能够战胜压倒性的失败和生活中的深刻困难。
一百年后，来自世界各地的人们称赞亚伯拉罕·林肯是有史以来最伟大的美国总统。
5 Just like Churchill and Lincoln, only those who "keep their eyes on the prize", those who uphold a committed and focused will and spirit, will find their endeavors successful. Many artists, statesmen, writers and inventors have had the same experience. They achieved prosperity because they possessed a fierce will to keep preparing and working and a passion to succeed. They attained success, not because it was easy, but because they had the will to overcome profound obstacles and to work diligently in the pursuit of their goals.就像丘吉尔和林肯一样，只有那些“关注奖品”的人，那些坚持坚定和专注的意志和精神的人，才会发现他们的努力是成功的。