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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 170
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
It is will,—force of purpose,—that enables a man to do or be whatever he sets his mind on being or doing. A holy man was accustomed to say, “Whatever you wish, that you are: for such is the force of our will, joined to the Divine, that whatever we wish to be, seriously, and with a true intention, that we become. No one ardently wishes to be submissive, patient, modest, or liberal, who does not become what he wishes.” The story is told of a working carpenter, who was observed one day planing a magistrate’s bench which he was repairing, with more than usual carefulness; and when asked the reason, he replied, “Because I wish to make it easy against the time when I come to sit upon it myself.” And singularly enough, the man actually lived to sit upon that very bench as a magistrate.
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定位：Excerpt 170 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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意志力，也就是目标的力量，能让人做成或成为他下定决心要做或成为的任何事。一位圣人常说：“你渴望什么，你就会成为什么；因为我们的意志与神性结合，力量如此之大，只要认真而真诚地渴望成为什么，我们就会成为什么。”没有人热切渴望顺从、耐心、谦逊或慷慨，而不会变成他所渴望的样子。还有个木匠的故事：他修法官席时格外仔细，别人问为什么，他说：“因为我想把它做得舒服些，等我将来坐上去的时候好用。”后来他真成了法官，坐上了那个位子。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》中引用圣人和木匠的故事，强调意志和渴望的力量。
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你内心真正渴望成为什么样的人？今天为此做了什么？
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