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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 心有餘，力不足 [ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ , ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ; xin1 you3 yu2 , li4 bu4 zu2]
 The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).
 I really want to do it, but don't have the resources.
 The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
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