I am a junior majoring in English, and I can tell you responsibly that this translation is completely in line with your meaning. The teacher mentioned this sentence in our intensive reading class, but I really can't remember the original sentence clearly. I asked the people in our dormitory, so it is certain that the word "stop" must be used by this famous person. Without progress, I forgot what the original sentence used. I used the word "decadent", which means that I didn't work hard to make progress. It may be slightly different from what the famous person said, but it is 90% consistent.
Hope to adopt!
PS: There are some mistakes in the upstairs answer.
Where there is a will, there is a way.