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)