43. “Pride” makes one underestimate his rivals. “Self-conceit” makes one lag behind the others.
“Pride plus Self-conceit” will make one lose his motive power for further progress.
43.「驕傲」使人輕敵，「自滿」使人落後。 「驕傲自滿」使人失去再進步的動力。
Precious advises to success -- 12 secret codes
導向成功的金玉良言 --- 成功秘碼 13 條
* Being good is not enough. What I want is to be good and better and ever better. What I am today must be surpass what I was yesterday.
「 只有好， 還不夠，我要做到「好還要再好」。 今天的我，要嬴過昨天的我。」
* If you want to win others’ respect and appreciation, you have to beat
yourself first.
「想要得到別人的尊敬與看得起，首先你要嬴過你自己。」
* Don’t be too confident that you are the strongest one. There is still the possibility that someone weaker than you will surpass and defeat you someday.
「不要自視太高、自認強大。記住，弱者也有追過你，嬴過你的那一天。」
* If you keep seeking a leisure life, being proud and underestimating your rivals, going after extravagance, doing willful wasting, and living a corrupt life, these bed habits will be destroy you ultimately.
「安逸、驕傲、輕敵、舖張、浪費、生活靡爛。這些壞的習慣，最終將會毀了你。」
* One who can accept others’ criticism will make progress. Only by making progress you will doing better and ever better.
「能夠接受他人批評的人，才會有進步。有進步，就會「好還會再好。 」
* Failure is the root of success.
Making progress is the resource of success.
「失敗是成功之母 。努力是成功之父。」
Blaming the Heaven and the men without doing self-criticism is the evil root of failure.
Giving up efforts without making progress is the bitter fruit of failure.
「不知檢討，怨天尤人是失敗之母 。不知進步，放棄努力是失敗之父。」
* Success or failure happens at a click of the mind.
「成功與失敗只在一瞬之間，只在你的一念之間。」
* A successful mind is the decisive factor of success.
An unsuccessful mind is the decisive factor of failure.
「成功的思想決定成功，失敗的思想決定失敗。」
* There is no everlasting success on earth.
There is no everlasting failure on earth either.
「世界上沒有永遠的成功 ，也沒有永遠的失敗。」
* What you do should be good to better and ever better. This is the guarantee of success forever.
「能做到好還要再好，這就是永遠成功的保證 。」
* Being proud and self-conceited; craving for leisure life and enjoyments are the roots of evil. They will let you fall down from the peak of your success. Be cautious and cautious!
「驕傲、自滿、安逸、享樂是讓人由盛而衰的最大的原因。」驕傲、自滿、安逸、享受，它會讓你從成功的高峰上跌落下來，所以你要謹慎而行！