“Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they will not long remain so if you perceive an ideal and strive to reach it.”
— James Allen, Author
「你周围的环境可能欠佳，但它不会持续太久，若你看见一个理想的愿景并奋力去争取它。」– 詹姆士‧艾伦 (作家)
uncongenial (adj.) 不讨喜的，不适当的。例：a dank and uncongenial hotel (一个潮湿不舒服的旅社)。perceive (v.) 意识，感知。例：School children who do badly in tests often perceive themselves as failures. (在校考试成绩差的孩童通常视自己为失败者。) strive (v.) 努力，奋斗。例：That is the goal he is striving toward. (那是他正在努力达成的目标。)