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where there is a will

where there is a will is the ellipsis of where there is a will there is a way.

Meaning of where there is a will there is a way

Proverb

where there is a will there is a way

  1. If someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found to make it happen.
    • [I]f he leaves the School poſſeſs'd of a ſluggiſh indolent Diſpoſition, and of Learning rather forc'd upon him than choſen, it is probable he will forget what he brought thence; but if he be active, emulous and aſpiring, he will certainly find Time for Reading and Thinking; for tho' it be a homely...1724, Pharmacopolæ Justificati: Or, Apothecaries Vindicated from the Imputation of Ignorance. Wherein is Shown, that an Academical Education is No Way Necessary to Qualify a Man for the Practice of...

Questions about where there is a will

What is where there is a will the ellipsis of?
Where there is a will is the ellipsis of where there is a will there is a way.

Words near where there is a will in the dictionary

  1. where the puck is going
  2. where the puck is heading
  3. where the shoe pinches
  4. where the sun doesn't shine
  5. where the sun don't shine
  6. where there is a will
  7. where there is a will there is a way
  8. where there is a will, there is a way
  9. where there's a will there's a way
  10. where there's muck there's brass
  11. where there's no sense there's no feeling

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