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”是几乎所有人都知道的一句谚语，但是不是所有人都能很好地理解它。其实，它的意思是如果你真正致力于做一些事，不管有多困难都不要放弃。

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. 

实际上，坚强的意志成功人士应该拥有的一种优秀品质。一位伟人总是有坚强的决心和不屈不挠的精神。如果一个人没有坚强的决心去获得最后的胜利，他一生都不会成功。通常，伟大的任务是有坚强意志的人才能完成的。例如，共和国的创始人孙中山，经过长期的斗争把人民从满洲统治中解救出来。他的很多尝试都失败了，他的很多同伴也被杀了，打那时他有不屈不挠的精神，坚持完成自己的事业。最后，他使1911年的革命获得了成功。这对在各行各业的人都适用。

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.

很显然，如果你下定决心去做，世上没有什么难事，你最终会达到目标。这是显而易见的。所以，对于像我们一样的学生，我们应该对失败有良好的态度。面对困难和失败的时候，抬起头不要放弃。此外，我们应该做好充分准备，尽管坚强的意志会帮助我们克服困难，但是不是给没有准备的人。