nil volentibus arduum

English translation: Nothing is impossible if you really want it

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Latin term or phrase:nil volentibus arduum
English translation:Nothing is impossible if you really want it

13:50 Oct 15, 2005
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Latin term or phrase: nil volentibus arduum
This is a motto of some kind, I believe.
Amanda
Nothing is impossible if you really want it
Explanation:
For whom...

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-10-15 13:59:44 GMT)
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I found it translated as: "NIL VOLENTIBUS ARDUUM" = Faithful into death..., Nothing is hard for
those who want to

http://www.bellum.nu/literature/qts-lat.html
[Marinir] Military Quotes & Mottos - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... for my country ) Marine Corps: Nil volentibus Arduum ( Nothing is hard for
those who want to ) Marine Corps Joke: Per mare, Per sarem, qua patet orbis, ...
gate.polarhome.com/pipermail/marinir/2005-January/000557.html - 4k - En caché - Páginas similare

Arduum means that you ar on fire, be bent on or dying for sth.

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No, my last addition is wrong. That is the impossible bit.:)
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4 +5Nothing is impossible if you really want it
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4 +2nothing is hard for those who are willing
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nothing is hard for those who are willing


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applicable here: ‘‘Nil volentibus arduum’’: nothing is difficult. for those who
want to make an effort. References. 1 Special issue on Supramolecular ...
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applicable Here: ‘‘nil volentibus arduum’’: nothing is difficult. for those who
want to make an effort. References. 1 Special issue on Supramolecular ...
www.bijvoet-center.nl/.../symposium/archive/2005/publicatio... - Supplemental Result - Similar pages

Wolf's Introduction to the Spinoza's "Short Treatise on GD, Man ...
... name and motto of which was (as we need scarcely be surprised to hear) Nil
volentibus arduum (Nothing is Difficult to Those Who Are Willing—Bk.XX:294). ...
www.yesselman.com/WolfIntroduction.htm - 418k - Cached - Similar pages

THE MIDAS ACADEMY
... We shall not see his like again. "NIL VOLENTIBUS ARDUUM". "Nothing is difficult
to those who have the will". Motto of the Dutch Poets' Society 1669. ...
www.cabana.org.uk/midas/home.html - 8k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry
... founded in 1669 in Amsterdam, is also very much applicable Here: nil volentibus
arduum : nothing is difficult for those who want to make an effort. ...
www.rsc.org/.../ArticleLinking.cfm?JournalCode=JM&Year=2003... - Supplemental Result - Similar pages

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BTW, It shoudl be "nihil"...

David Russi
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: or: nothing is hard for those who are motivated/ want to make an effort
2 mins

agree  Norbert Hermann: another hard one to chose :-)
7 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
nil (nihil volentibus arduum
Nothing is impossible if you really want it


Explanation:
For whom...

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-10-15 13:59:44 GMT)
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I found it translated as: "NIL VOLENTIBUS ARDUUM" = Faithful into death..., Nothing is hard for
those who want to

http://www.bellum.nu/literature/qts-lat.html
[Marinir] Military Quotes & Mottos - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... for my country ) Marine Corps: Nil volentibus Arduum ( Nothing is hard for
those who want to ) Marine Corps Joke: Per mare, Per sarem, qua patet orbis, ...
gate.polarhome.com/pipermail/marinir/2005-January/000557.html - 4k - En caché - Páginas similare

Arduum means that you ar on fire, be bent on or dying for sth.

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-10-15 14:01:36 GMT)
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No, my last addition is wrong. That is the impossible bit.:)

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