Impossible Is Nothing

  Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed. 

　 -La Rocheforcauld, French writer

  Personally, I think that the meaning of the sentence is very clear. Like the Adidas’s advertisement: “Impossible is nothing”, anything is attainable. As long as people have strong determination, they will achieve all the accomplishments. Although sometime the environment plays an crucial role, yet we still can conquer the difficulties with strong minds.

  I strongly agree with the proverb. Actually, in our daily life, there are lots of things, which we abandon at last, can be done perfectly, unless we have determination strong enough. Sometime we blame on the external factors, but from our hearts, we know that it is because of us, instead of the thing itself. My experience of learning Japanese is the purest example: When I was in junior, I wanted to learn Japanese and made particular schedules. At the first several days, I can always follow the schedule. But later, I became tired of it and often skip the study. I told myself that the reason why I did not spend time learning it was that my school study was so busy that I had no time on Japanese. However, I know that the real reason is my laziness. I did not have strong will to support me. From the history we can see that lots of people, whom we defined as successful people or masters, achieve success exactly because they have a firm attitude. They believe that they can make it, and then they do.