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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 171
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
“Where there is a will there is a way,” is an old and true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so—to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. Thus, earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it almost a savour of omnipotence. The strength of Suwarrow’s character lay in his power of willing, and, like most resolute persons, he preached it up as a system. “You can only half will,” he would say to people who failed. Like Richelieu and Napoleon, he would have the word “impossible” banished from the dictionary. “I don’t know,” “I can’t,” and “impossible,” were words which he detested above all others. “Learn! Do! Try!” he would exclaim. His biographer has said of him, that he furnished a remarkable illustration of what may be effected by the energetic development and exercise of faculties, the germs of which at least are in every human heart.
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定位：Excerpt 171 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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“有志者事竟成”是一句古老而正确的谚语。一个人下定决心做某事，这个决心本身往往就能帮他跨越障碍、确保成功。认为自己能行，几乎就等于能行；决心达成，常常就已经达成。因此，坚定的决心似乎带有一种近乎全能的力量。苏沃洛夫性格的力量就在于他的意志力，像大多数坚决的人一样，他把这当成一套系统来宣扬。对失败的人他会说：“你只算半个愿意。”像黎塞留和拿破仑一样，他要把“不可能”这个词从字典里删掉。他讨厌“我不知道”“我不能”“不可能”这些词，总是喊：“学习！行动！尝试！”他的传记作者说，他充分展示了每个人心中都有的潜能，通过积极发展和运用能产生什么效果。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》中引用俄国统帅苏沃洛夫的事例，说明意志力的重要性。
今日一问
你常说的“不可能”里，有多少其实只是“还没试”？
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