1励志感悟1. [00:00.14] Perseverance[00:05.17]Perseverance depends on three things-purpose, will, enthusiasm.[00:10.46] He who has a purpose is always concentrating his forces. [00:15.88]By the will, the hope and plan are prevented from evaporating into dreams, [00:22.36]and a little gain is all the time being added. Enthusiasm keeps the interest up, [00:29.64]and makes the obstacles seem small. [00:32.98]The man who thinks to get on by mere smartness and[00:37.61] by idling meets failure at last.[00:40.89]Life is in a sense a battle.[00:43.44] Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, [00:48.13]and holds the key to those treasure-houses of knowledge [00:52.23]from which the world has drawn its wealth both of wisdom and of moral worth.[00:58.37]Great men never wait for opportunities; [01:01.30]they make them. They seize upon whatever is at hand,[01:05.73] work out their problem, and master the situation.[01:09.53] The greatest thing a man can do in this world is [01:13.32]to make the most possible out of the stuff [01:16.93]that has been given to him. This is success, [01:20.18]and there is no other. [01:22.47]One of the first lessons of life is to learn how to get victory out of defeat. [01:28.22]It takes courage and stamina, [01:31.05]when mortified and embarrassed by humiliating disaster, [01:35.30]to seek in the wreck or ruins the elements of future conquest.[01:40.59] Yet this measures the difference between those[01:44.31] who succeed and those who fail. [01:46.53]You cannot measure a man by his failures. [01:49.64]You must know what use he makes of them.[01:53.51]A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from hard surroundings,[02:00.18] is the price of all great achievements. [02:03.54]The man who has not fought his way upward, [02:07.26]and does not bear the scar of desperate conflict,[02:11.15] does not know the highest meaning of success.2.[00:00.11] The Two Roads[00:04.36]It was New Year's Night. An aged man was standing at a 2window. [00:08.03]He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, [00:12.69]where the stars were floating like [00:15.62]white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake.[00:17.70] Then he cast them on the earth,[00:22.50] where few more hopeless people than himself now[00:26.70] moved towards their certain goal-the tomb.[00:29.96] He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, [00:34.25]and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. [00:38.33]Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, [00:43.76]and his old age short of comforts.[00:46.43]The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, [00:50.66]and he recalled the serious moment [00:53.59]when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads—[00:57.28]one leading to a peaceful, sunny place,[01:00.64] covered with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, [01:05.15]sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, [01:08.62]dark cave, which was endless, [01:11.32]where poison flowed instead of water and[01:14.28] where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.[01:17.84]He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, [01:21.64]“O youth, return! O my father, [01:25.04]place me once more at the entrance to life,[01:28.00] and I'll choose the better way!” [01:30.13]But both his father and the days of his youth[01:34.03] had passed away.[01:35.91]He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness. [01:39.03]These were the days of his wasted life; [01:42.70]he saw a star fall from the sky and disappear,[01:47.58] and this was the symbol of himself. His remorse, [01:52.12]which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart. [01:56.96]Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, [02:00.88]who entered on life together with him. [02:03.90]But they had made their way to success [02:06.62]and were now honoured and happy[02:09.46] on this New Year's Night.[02:11.87]The clock in the high church tower struck[02:14.39] and the sound made him remember his parents' early love for him. [02:18.67]They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. [02:22.30]But he chose the wrong way. 3[02:24.51]With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven[02:29.63] where his father lived. His darkened eyes were full of tears, [02:33.24]and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: [02:36.97]“Come back, my early days! Come back!”[02:40.18]And his youth did return,[02:42.38] for all this was only a dream [02:44.56]which he had on New Year's Night.[02:47.20] He was still young though his faults were real; [02:50.51]he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, [02:53.63]and he was still free to walk on the road[02:56.89] which leads to the peaceful and sunny land. [03:00.01]Those who still linger on the entrance of life,[03:03.50] hesitating to choose the bright road,[03:06.01] remember that when years are passed[03:09.20] and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, [03:11.83]you will cry bitterly, but 。