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

  If you want something badly enough, you can find the means to get it.
• where there's a will, there's a way
  where there's a will, there's a way

  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.

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

Cultural  

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

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where there's a will, there's a way Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

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".

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2023

There's an old maxim about where there's a will there's a way.

From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy