这是一个由 if 引导的条件状语从句，结构清晰且具有对比性。
The way to get along with others lies in infinite tolerance.
If you retreat before victory, you will often embrace failure; but if you persist through difficulties, you will often achieve new success.
We often do not lose to others, but rather, bad moods diminish our image, reduce our abilities, and disrupt our thoughts, causing us to lose to ourselves.
Oxygen sustains life; integrity straightens the spine; uprightness builds character; vitality brings hope; courage adds strength; righteousness achieves ideals; talent writes articles; and popularity fosters prosperity.
Sometimes, looking too far ahead is not always a good thing.
与人相处之道，在于无限的容忍。
如果在胜利前退缩，往往只会拥抱失败；在困难时坚持，常常会获得新的成功。
我们常常不是输给了别人，而是坏心情贬低了我们的形象，降低了我们的能力，扰乱了我们的思维，从而输给了自己。
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看的太远，有时候也不是好事。
"Have perseverance and always strive toward your important goals."
"Enduring a challenging environment may be tough in the short term."
"Those who accomplish great things possessed unyielding perseverance."
"Dripping water wears away a stone, and a rope saws through wood."
"One must have perseverance, otherwise one will achieve nothing."