中文版 我有权选择不做一个平庸的人。 我会尽我所能成为杰出的人。 我寻找机会，不寻求安稳， 我不希望成为一名有保障的国民，那将被人瞧不起。 我要做有意义的冒险。 我要梦想，我要创造，经历失败，走向成功。 我渴望奖励，拒绝施舍。 我要有挑战的人生，而不是有保障的生存； 我要实现目标时的亢奋，而不是陈腐而不真实的平静。 我不会拿我的自由换取任何捐赠，也不会拿我的尊严换取任何施舍。 我决不会在任何权威面前发抖，也不会为任何恐吓所屈服。 我的天性是挺胸直立，骄傲，而无所畏惧。 我会为我的梦想去思考，去行动； 享受我的创造带来的回报； 终有一天，我可以自豪地向世界宣告： “在上帝的帮助下，我做到了。” 英文原著 I do not choose to be a common person. 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 my 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. —Entrepreneur's Credo of the American