संकट के समय चरित्र रातों-रात नहीं उभरता, यदि सालों के समझौते और बहानेबाज़ी में उसे पहले ही गँवा दिया गया हो। बहादुरी को परखने की एकमात्र कसौटी आम और रोजमर्रा की ज़िंदगी है। किसी ऐसे बड़े फैसले की तैयारी, जो किसी इंसान की या किसी देश की पूरी ज़िंदगी बदल कर रख दे, उन सैंकड़ों छोटे-छोटे, खुद को गढ़ने वाले और एकांत में लिए गए अनसुने फैसलों से होती है जो महत्वहीन प्रतीत होते हैं। आदत ही चरित्र का दैनिक रणक्षेत्र है।
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that one profound decision which can change a life, or even a nation, is those hundreds of half-conscious, self defining, seemingly insignificant decisions made in private. Habit is the daily battleground of character.
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that one profound decision which can change a life, or even a nation, is those hundreds of half-conscious, self defining, seemingly insignificant decisions made in private. Habit is the daily battleground of character.
साल 2001 से पहले के आधिक्य और शांति के दौर में, बीच का रास्ता निकालना बहुत आसान था। हमारे पास सरप्लस था। लेकिन आज के समय में, जब हम दिवालिया होने की कगार पर हैं और हमारी विदेश नीति बुरी तरह विफल हो रही है, यह वह पुराना दौर नहीं रहा जहाँ आप आसानी से 'सबकी सहमति बना लें, सबके साथ समझौता कर लें, व्यावहारिक बन जाएं और साथ मिलकर चलें'। मुझे लगता है कि अब कुछ बेहद कड़े फैसले और कठिन विकल्प चुनने ही होंगे। वे लोकप्रिय भले न हों, लेकिन जरूरी हैं।
During a time of surplus, a time of peace before 2001, it was much easier to try and find middle ground. We were running surpluses. But during a time when we're careening into bankruptcy and failing miserably on our foreign policy it's just not the same old "find consensus, go along to get along, be pragmatic, come together" place that it was. I think that some very hard decisions and very hard choices have to be made. They won't be popular, but they're necessary.
During a time of surplus, a time of peace before 2001, it was much easier to try and find middle ground. We were running surpluses. But during a time when we're careening into bankruptcy and failing miserably on our foreign policy it's just not the same old "find consensus, go along to get along, be pragmatic, come together" place that it was. I think that some very hard decisions and very hard choices have to be made. They won't be popular, but they're necessary.
हर किसी की अपनी कुछ जिम्मेदारी होती है। मुद्दा यह है कि हम इसे सुधारेंगे कैसे? और यह समस्या सिर्फ दूसरों पर दोष मढ़ने या अतीत की कमियाँ गिनाने से ठीक नहीं होने वाली।
Everybody has some responsibility. The point is, how are we going to fix it? And you don't fix it simply by blaming the other guy, or blaming the past.
Everybody has some responsibility. The point is, how are we going to fix it? And you don't fix it simply by blaming the other guy, or blaming the past.
हर राष्ट्रपति को विरासत में मुश्किल समस्याएं मिलती हैं। जॉर्ज डब्ल्यू बुश को विदेश नीति की आठ साल की ऐसी विफलता विरासत में मिली थी, जिसने इस्लामी आतंकवाद के बढ़ते खतरे को नजरअंदाज किया—सिर्फ एक बार रेगिस्तान में बने एक लंबे समय से वीरान पड़े कैंप पर क्रूज़ मिसाइल दागने के अलावा उन्होंने कुछ नहीं किया। जॉर्ज बुश को वही विरासत मिली, और 9/11 उसी का परिणाम था। हर राष्ट्रपति को समस्याएं विरासत में मिलती हैं। हैरी ट्रूमैन को एक युद्ध विरासत में मिला था। अपने से पहले वाले व्यक्ति पर दोष मढ़ना बंद कीजिए, आगे बढ़िए, नेतृत्व संभालिए और समस्या का सामना कीजिए।
Every president inherits difficult problems. George W. Bush inherited eight years of a failed foreign policy and did nothing about the growing threat of Islamic terrorism, except a one-time lob of a cruise missile into the desert at a camp that had long been abandoned. George Bush inherited that, and 9-11 was the result of that. Every president inherits problems. Harry Truman inherited a war. Stop blaming the person before you and go forward and take leadership and deal with the problem.
Every president inherits difficult problems. George W. Bush inherited eight years of a failed foreign policy and did nothing about the growing threat of Islamic terrorism, except a one-time lob of a cruise missile into the desert at a camp that had long been abandoned. George Bush inherited that, and 9-11 was the result of that. Every president inherits problems. Harry Truman inherited a war. Stop blaming the person before you and go forward and take leadership and deal with the problem.
आदत ही चरित्र का दैनिक रणक्षेत्र है
Habit is the daily battleground of character
Habit is the daily battleground of character