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《钻石就在你家后院》是一本激励而充满理性的书，鲁塞康维尔是一个牧师，也是TEMPLE大学的创建者。他的演讲《钻石就在你家后院》由他亲自演说6000多场次，获取400多万美元演讲费（大约相当于现在的1. 45亿美元）。他用这笔钱资助了许多穷困的、需要帮助的高中毕业生继续接受大学教育，因为康维尔无法忘记自己读大学时度过的艰难岁月。康维尔的一生都在无私地奉献着，康维尔认为，我们每个人被带到这个世界，全都是为了一个主要的目的——去帮助别人。
01、你们都应该是富翁，你们没有权利当一名穷人。
01、You ought to be rich, you have no right to be poor.
02、一颗钻石是由一道阳光凝结而成的。
02、A diamond is a congealed drop of sunlight.
03、钻石是上帝所创造的矿物中最后的、也是最高级的一种；女人则是上帝所创造的最后的、最高级的动物。这就是为什么钻石与女人二者如此彼此喜爱和相得益彰的原因。
03、 A diamond is the last and highest of God" s mineral creations, as a woman is the last and highest of God" s animal creations.That is the reason why the two have such a liking for each other.
04、如果一个人拥有满满一手的钻石，他就可以买下整个国家的土地，要是他拥有一座钻石矿场，他就可以把孩子送至王位。
04、If he had a handful of diamonds he could purchase a whole country, and which a mine of diamonds he could place his children upon thrones through the influence of their great wealth.
05、一个穷人不是因为他失去了一切，而是因为他开始变得不满足。
05、A poor man— not that he had lost anything, but poor because he was discontented and discontented because he thought he was poor.
06、在各种各样的傻子当中，最傻的莫过于，在未获得另一项工作之前，就贸然辞去原来的工作。
06、Of all the simpletons the stars shine on there is none more foolish than a man who leaves one job before he has obtained another.
07、过着平静幸福的生活，这跟发大财同样可贵。
07、It is just as well to be happy as it is to be rich.
08、当我们看到一座落满了秋叶的坟墓时，便不免感到一种难以言喻的悲伤，所以有些东西是比 金钱更崇高的。
08、By a heart made unspeakably sad by a grave on which the autaumn leaves now fall, I know there are some things higher and grander and sublimer than money.
09、那些受过苦难的人深深体会到，有某些东西比黄金更甜密，更尊贵，更神圣，然而，具有普通常识的人都知道，我们身边任何一样东西无不是运用金钱而使其地位更为增强的。
09、Well does the man know, who has suffered, that there are some things sweeter and holier and more sacred than gold. Nevertheless, the man of common sense also knows that there is not any one of those things that is notgreatly enhanced by the use of money.
10、爱情是上帝所创造的最高尚事物，但拥有金钱的人，则能使爱情更加幸福。
10、Love is the grandest thing on God" s earth, but fortunate the lover who has plenty of money.
11、一个人如果说：“我不要金钱，”这无异于说：“我不希望为我的同胞服务。”
11、For a man to say, "I do not want money,” is to say," I do not wish to do any good to disconnect them.”
12、我们每个人来到这一世界，全都是为了一个主要目标——帮助别人。
12、We come to this world for the same main aims— to help others.
13、我们所拥有的是一个很伟大的人生，当然应该花点时间去赚钱，因为金钱能带来某种力量。
13、This is a wonderfully great life, and you ought to spend your time getting money, because of the power there is in money.
14、如果一个人只知崇拜金钱，而不信仰需要金钱才能达到的那个目标，也就是说，他只知作个守财奴，那么金钱真是万恶之源了。
14、When a man makes an idol of the money instead of the purposes for which it may be used, when he squeezes the dollar until the eagle squeals, then it is made the root of all evil.
15、只要我们动用高尚的方式和手段去致富，我们就没有理由不当一名富人，这正是使我们迅速达到富足目标的惟一方法。
16、We ought to get rich if we can by honorable and Christian methods, and these are the only methods that sweep us quickly toward the goal of riches.
17、我们应该致富，因为有了钱就有了力量。
17、We ought to be rich, because money has power.
18、那些大富翁们全都是从穷小子爬到今天的地位的。
18、Looking at the wealthy geneartion, all of whom began as poor boys.
19、人们之所以伟大，就在于他本身的价值，而不在乎他们意外获得的职位。
19、Men are great only on their intrinsic value, and not on the position they may incidentally happen to occupy.
20、你用不着走出自己的家门，就能知道应该发明什么东西，或制作什么东西。
20、You don" t need to go out of your own house to find out what to invent or what to make.
21、只要你愿意，你也可以获得同样的成功。
21、You can do the same if you will.
22、一切美好的事物现在可能恰好就在你的身边。
22、All the blessings maybe are just with you.
23、生活最充实的人，思考最多，感觉最高贵，行为也最正确。
23、He most lives who thinks most, who feels the noblest, and who acts the best.
24、思考最多的人，生活过得也最充实。
24、He most lives who thinks most.
25、我们生活在有意义的行为之中，而非虚度岁月。
25、We live in deeds, not years.
26、我们生活在美好的感觉之中，而非电话盘上的数字之中。
26、We live in feeling, not in figures on a dial.
27、我们生活在思想之中，而非只知呼吸空气。
27、We live in thoughts, not breaths.
28、我们应该在正确的目标下，以心跳的速度来计算时间。
28、We should count time by heart throbs, inthe cause of right.
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