Where there's a will, there's a way

If you want something badly enough, you can find the means to get it.

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Idioms and Phrases

If one really wants to do something, one can. For example, Max has no idea of how to get the money to repair his boat, but where there's a will . This proverb was stated slightly differently in 1640 ( To him that will, ways are not wanting ) but has been repeated in its present form since the early 1800s. It is so well known it is often shortened, as in the example.

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I’m just hoping where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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"I’m just hoping where there’s a will, there’s a way. And who knows how long it’ll take. I could be rolling up in my wheelchair," Beals said when asked about rumors of a new "L Word" series, possibly based in New York.

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Indeed, where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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He argued that all too often, promises made at global summits were not met, but he insisted that "where there's a will, there's a way".

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"In entrepreneurship, where there's a will there's a way."

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