我是不会选择做一个普通人的。
如果我能够做到的话，
我有权成为一位不寻常的人。
我寻找机会，但我不寻求安稳，
我不希望在国家的照顾下，
成为一名有保障的国民，
那将被人瞧不起，而使我感到痛苦不堪。
我要做有意义的冒险。
我要梦想，我要创造，
我要失败，我也要成功。
我的天性是挺胸直立，
骄傲而无所畏惧。
我勇敢地面对这个世界，
自豪的说：“在上帝的帮助下，我已经做到了。”

Entrepreneur’s Credo
I do not choose to be a common man,
It is my right to be uncommon … if I can,
I seek opportunity … not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen.
Humbled and dulled by having the
State look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk;
To dream and to build.
To fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;
I prefer the challenges of life
To the guaranteed existence;
The thrill of fulfillment
To the stale calm of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence
Nor my dignity for a handout
I will never cower before any master
Nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect.
Proud and unafraid;
To think and act for myself,
To enjoy the benefit of my creations
And to face the world boldly and say:
This, with God’s help, I have done
All this is what it means
To be an Entrepreneur.
(Excerpt from Common Sense, written in 1776 by Thomas Paine)