為せば成る、為さねば成らぬ、何事も、成らぬは人の為さぬなりけり。 - 上杉鷹山［治憲］ (1751 - 1822)
/ 精神一到何事か成らざらん。
/ 意志があれば道も開ける。
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Do and it will be done; don't do and it will not be done: if something is not done, that is because no one did it. - Uesugi Yôzan [Uesugi Harunori] (1751 - 1822)
/ Where there is a will, there is a way.
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