There are manycharacteristic exist in the world, and characteristic is very important topeople. For example, active, persistence, optimistic makes people successful;lazy, passive makes people fail. Having a good characteristic means you havethe key to the successful door, but you have to find the way of success. Thisis what I am going to talk about, the key to success: persistence.

世界上有許多種性格，性格對人們來說是很重要的。比如，積極，有毅力，樂觀能讓人成功；懶惰，消極讓人失敗。有個好的個性意味著你有了通向成功之門的鑰匙，但你需要尋找成功之路。這就是我要說的，成功的鑰匙：毅力。

Persistence is akey to success, whether for a single person or an organization. People who lackof it would mean failure in reaching a certain goal. People need to know thatsuccess seldom comes easily on the first try; they should have the patient toinsist trying until they get the goal. Unsuccessful people try something just afew times, and when it fails, they give up; they usually pass the blame ontosomeone or something, and learn nothing from their experience. Successfulpeople are different, even they fail, and they won’t lose their passion. 

毅力是成功的關鍵，無論是對個人還是群體來說。缺少這個的人意味著沒有特定的目標。人們要知道成功在一開始不是那么容易的，他們應該耐心地堅持嘗試直到成功為止。失敗的人只會嘗試幾次，然后一失敗，他們就會放棄，他們通常都會把這個歸根于其他人或其他事。成功人士就不會這樣，就算他們失敗了，也不會失去熱情。

Let me take afamous person to example. His name is Da Vinci, he is known as a great painter,artist. Everyone knows him, but I think there are not much people known thathow much effort did he made before he became a famous artist. Da Vinci draweggs everyday when he was young, hundreds and thousands times a day. It isdefinite a boring work, many people could not bear to face an egg and draw itin different angle thousands times. But Da Vinci did it, and he made it. Wecould say it is not for his persistence that he would not get the greataptitude for painting.

我用個名人來打比方。他的名字叫達芬奇，是位偉大的畫家，藝術家。每個人都知道他，但是我想不是很多人知道他在成名之前付出過多大的努力。達芬奇小時候每天都畫雞蛋，一天成百上千地畫。這無疑是非常無聊的，許多人都無法忍受一天要對著一個雞蛋畫不同的角度上千次。但是達芬奇做到了，也成功了。我們可以說要不是他持之以恒，他就沒有那么厲害的繪畫天資。

Talent is a giftfrom god, persistence is a key you’ve got, and effort makes those working whichbring you to open the door of success.

天賦是上帝賜予的禮物，毅力是你已得到的鑰匙，只要努力，你就會開啟成功之門。