We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents.
我们无法选择出生，无法选择父母；
We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstance of our upbringing.
我们无法选择出生历史时期与国家，或是成长的周遭环境；
We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.
我们大多数人都无法选择死亡，无法选择死亡的时间和条件；
But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift.
但是在这些无法选择之中，我们可以选择自己的生活方式，是勇敢无畏还是胆怯懦弱，是光明磊落还是厚颜无耻；是目标坚定还是随波逐流，
We decide what is important and what is trivial in life!
我们可以决定生活中哪些至关重要，哪些微不足道!
