【大紀元2012年10月14日訊】（大紀元記者張君怡編譯報導）不同的人對成功有不同的理解。CNN近日發表文章，彙集了世界各領域中部份成功女性對人生的積澱和領悟，題為「15歲時，我希望自己能領悟的道理」。
• 比爾．蓋茨夫人，梅琳達．蓋茨／ 比爾和梅琳達蓋茨基金會聯合創辦人
「瞭解自己，相信自己，繼續做真實的自己。」
“Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.”
• 美國知名脫口秀節目主持人、演員、製片人和慈善家奧普拉OPrah Winfray
「你已經浪費了太多時間試圖去取悅別人或成為他人眼中的理想的你。你要知道，過去你受到的傷害是你不能被允許在傷害過後表示出憤怒或哭出來 – 這恰恰傷害了你的自尊。但經歷這一切之後，你要依然相信上帝，並且相信上帝依然對你有信心。」
“You’ve spent too many days and years trying to please others and be what they wanted you to be. You will have to learn that the wounds of your past and not being allowed to show anger or cry afterward – damaged your self-esteem. Yet through it all, you’ve held on to a belief in God and God’s belief in you.”
• 世界知名女記者安曼普Christianna Amanpour
「我希望告訴當年15歲的我四件事：
1，永遠不要相信因為自己是女人，注定將一事無成；作為一個女孩，你擁有所有的機會。未來屬於你。
2，為自己的未來樹立一個目標、夢想和願景並勇往直前地朝著目標走下去──這不僅是為了自己的事業，也是為了自己的生命。
3，家庭非常重要── 一個親密、關愛和支持你的家庭將幫助你堅持為自己的夢想走下去，無論在你順利或遇到困難的時候。
4，可能最重要的莫過於永遠不要因自己的失敗和錯誤一蹶不振。生命中發生的每一件事，包括那些你意想不到發生的事，都是寶貴的，那是為了讓你瞭解生命。只要當你懂得從失敗和錯誤中累計經驗時，你才能獲得成功。這點至關重要。」
“I wish I could tell my 15-year-old self these four things：
1. Never think you can’t do anything because you are a woman; everything is open to you as a girl. The future is yours.
2. Have a dream, a goal and vision for yourself and work single-mindedly toward it — not just professionally but personally as well.
3. Family is very important – a close, loving, supportive family will sustain you through all your ambitions – when things go well and when they don’t.
4. Perhaps the most important thing I could say is to never be thrown by failure and mistakes. Each and everything that happens, even if it was not what you hoped that would happen, is a valuable, life-learning tool. And you will only achieve success if you know how to learn fro your failures and mistakes. It’s vital.”
• 約旦王后蕊妮婭阿卜杜拉（Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdulah of Jordan）
「人們做事各有不同，這沒甚麼！從先於你走過這條路的人那裏借鑒經驗，但要走出自己的路。探索、嚐試、保持不同，而且不要懼怕失敗── 每個人都要經歷失敗。」
“People do things differently, and that’s OK! Learn from those who walked the road before you, but carve your own path. So be different, explore the twists and turns on your way, and don’t fear the occasional fall – it is part of every journey.”
• 麥樂妮維爾（Melanne Verveer），世界婦女問題美國巡迴大使
「在15歲時，我訂閱了《國會記錄》和所有的美國新聞週刊。我每天都會去校圖書館閱讀《紐約時報》。我就讀的學校離紐約聯合國大廈不遠，一旦有時間，我就會去那裏聽對公眾開發的辯論會。不久以後，我在學校成立了「美國學生」團體，對我們關心的問題進行討論。一句話，我是個徹底的書獃子。回首往昔，我想對當年15歲的我說：繼續前進，追隨自己內心的那份激情，成為這個世界中的一員，並且做真實的自己。」
“As a 15-year old, I had a subscription to the Congressional Record and to all the US newsweeklies. I went to the school library every day to read the New York Times. I went to school not far from New York City and every chance I got, I would try to go to the UN to listen to debates that were open to the public. I wanted my peers to be more engaged, so I started a group in school called ‘Student America’ to focus on the issues and to discuss them. In short, I was a complete nerd. But looking back, I would still say to my 15-year-old self：Keep doing. Follow your passion, become engaged in the world and stay true to yourself.”
• 英國前首相布萊爾夫人，傑西布萊爾／ 傑西布萊爾婦女基金會創始人
「不要因為找不到足夠的行為榜樣而苦惱。想像一下你理想的未來，你就知道該如何做並將獲得成功。」
“Don’t be discouraged if there aren’t enough role models paving the way for you. Imagine the future as you want it to be and you will succeed.”
（責任編輯：童宇）
