where there is a will

A form of where there is a will there is a way — If someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found to make it happen.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of where there is a will there is a way.

    Scheduling is the killer of Simulators. But where there's a will … you know the rest. Kill the Scheduling Monster before it kills you.

    [2007, Christopher J. Gallagher, S. Barry Issenberg, “Attendance and Scheduling Issues”, in Simulation in Anesthesia, Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier, →ISBN, page 64
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