有志者事竟成 Where There Is a Will There Is a Way

“Where there is a will, there is a way” is an old proverb which almost everyone knows, but not all understand it so well. Actually, it means that if you are really resolved to do something, no matter how difficult it might be, never give up. 

“有志者事竟成”是幾乎所有人都知道的一句諺語，但是不是所有人都能很好地理解它。其實，它的意思是如果你真正致力於做一些事，不管有多困難都不要放棄。

In fact, strong will is a kind of good quality which successful people should own. A great man is always one who has a firm resolution and an inflexible spirit. One will never succeed all his life without a firm will to get the final victory. As a rule, great tasks are accomplished by men of strong will. For example, Dr. Sun Yatsen, the founder of the Republic of China, set the Chinese people free from the Manchurian rule through a long period of hard struggle. Many of his attempts failed and many of his followers were killed, but he had an inflexible spirit and stuck to his cause. Finally, he made the revolution of 1911 a success. The same is true of men in all walks of life. 

實際上，堅強的意志成功人士應該擁有的一種優秀品質。一位偉人總是有堅強的決心和不屈不撓的精神。如果一個人沒有堅強的決心去獲得最後的勝利，他一生都不會成功。通常，偉大的任務是有堅強意志的人才能完成的。例如，共和國的創始人孫中山，經過長期的鬥爭把人民從滿洲統治中解救出來。他的很多嘗試都失敗了，他的很多同伴也被殺了，打那時他有不屈不撓的精神，堅持完成自己的事業。最後，他使1911年的革命獲得了成功。這對在各行各業的人都適用。

It is quite obvious that there is nothing difficult in the world, if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to as for students like us, we should have a good attitude towards failure. Facing with difficulties and failures, keep heads up and never give up. Besides, we should make full preparation, though strong will help us overcome the difficulties, it is not for person who has no preparation.

很顯然，如果你下定決心去做，世上沒有什麼難事，你最終會達到目標。這是顯而易見的。所以，對於像我們一樣的學生，我們應該對失敗有良好的態度。面對困難和失敗的時候，擡起頭不要放棄。此外，我們應該做好充分準備，儘管堅強的意志會幫助我們克服困難，但是不是給沒有準備的人。