Directions: You're allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will by commenting on the humorous saying, "Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I’ve done it hundreds of time."You'd write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Outlines:
1.坚强的意志是成功的重要保证。
2.意志坚定的人才能完成伟大的使命，
3.学生也是这样，不刻苦学习，终究不会成为有用之才
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Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will
With the coming of a brand new era full of opportunities and innovations, the issue of how to succeed has aroused growing concern in the public. Although there are thousands of ways to success, in my opinion, a strong will is the important guarantee of success, just as a proverb says, “Where there is a will there is a way”.
The long history of human being has proved that only those who have a strong will can fulfill great mission and achieve success at last. Nothing succeeds without a strong will. Take Mao Zedong, one of the great founders of the People’s Republic of China, as an example. If without the strong will to save Chinese people from heavy disaster and build a prosperous, democratic and civilized new country, how could he drive Japanese out of China and become such a famous leader in the world?
If we as a student want to be successful in the future, the strong will on hardworking is the most important. Nowadays, we have been entering an information age with rapid update of knowledge. Who firstly seizes and keeps up with the development of advanced information can succeeds at last. Therefore, studying hard to get more knowledge and improve our ability to handle complicated problems as possible is the only way to lay the solid foundation of future success.
