该句通过动名词短语引出主语，突出原因分析的重要性。
Failing to secure an order is not a disgrace, but failing to understand why you didn't get it is.
Having a dream is a form of intelligence, but realizing it is a form of ability. There is only one path we cannot choose, which is giving up; and there is only one path we cannot refuse, which is growing.
They seem somewhat out of place among the city dwellers. Even on holidays, the city remains filled with people rushing, struggling, and filled with anger. The city lacks leisure rather than passion. Men in the city dare not relax, fearing that any slight negligence will leave them overtaken, losing their chance to rise. Only a few clerks, as if seeing through the arrangements of fate, seize the idle moments to enjoy the happiness of the present.
The road of life can be a straight highway or a winding path; it may endure wind, frost, rain, and snow, or be graced by bright sunshine; there will be the long companionship of flowing water and the desolation of changing times; there will be unexpected surprises and landscapes that must be left behind; there will be obstacles and unexpected turns; there will be the confusion of worldly affairs and the anticipation of the future.
没有得到订单并非丢脸的事，但如果不明白为何没能获得订单，那才是丢脸。
拥有梦想是一种智力，而实现梦想才是一种能力。我们唯一不能选择的路是放弃，唯一不能拒绝的路是成长。
他们与这座城市的人们显得有些格格不入。即便是在休息日，城市中依然不乏步履匆匆、争斗愤怒的身影。城市不缺激情，缺的是一份颓废的闲适。这里的男人不敢懈怠，生怕稍有停滞便会被时代抛在身后，失去出人头地的机会。唯有那几位办事员，仿佛看透了命运的安排，在琐碎的时光中寻找缝隙，享受当下的快乐。
人生之路，既有笔直的大道，也有蜿蜒的小径；既会经历风霜雪雨，也会沐浴艳阳高照；会有细水长流的陪伴，也会有物是人非的凄凉；会有不期而遇的惊喜，也会有不得不告别的风景；会有重重阻碍，也会有峰回路转的转机；会有世俗的困惑，也会有对未来的憧憬。