宋美龄有一篇英文“行为决定命运”， 英文原文：
If the past have taught us anything, it is that every cause brings effect, every action has a consquence. This thought, in my opinion, is the moral foundation of the universe, it applies equally in this world and the next.
We chinese have a saying, "if a man plants melons, he will reap melons, if he sows beans, he will reap beans", and this is true of every man's life: good begets good, evil leads to evil.
True enough, the sun shines on the saint and sinner alike , and too often it seems that the wicked wax and prosper. But we can say with certitude that, with the individual and with the nation, the flourishing of the wicked is an illusion. for, unceasingly , life keeps books of us all.
In the end, we are all the sum total of our action, Character cannot be conterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off , as if it were a garment to meet the whim of the moment. Like the markings on wood which are ingrained in the very heart of the tree, character requires time and nurture for growth and development.
Thus also, day by day, we write our own destiny, for inexorably we become what we do. Thus, I believe, is the supreme logic, an the law of life.
