"where there is a will, there is a way" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-proverb}} where there is a will, there is a way
  1. Alternative form of where there is a will there is a way. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: where there is a will there is a way
    Sense id: en-where_there_is_a_will,_there_is_a_way-en-proverb-y6uBVm6h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs, Pages with 1 entry
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        {
          "ref": "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 Physick, London: Printed for J. Roberts, […], →OCLC, page 6:",
          "text": "[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, it is a true Saying, that where there is a Will, there is a Way.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1796, Baron von Voght [i.e., Caspar Voght], “Account of the Management of the Poor in Hamburgh, between the Years 1788 and 1794. In a Letter to Some Friends of the Poor in Great Britain. […]”, in The Pamphleteer: Respectfully Dedicated to both Houses of Parliament, volume XI, number XXII, London: Printed by A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […]; sold by Rest Fenner, […]; Lloyd; Black, Kingsbury, and Co., […], published 1818, page 444:",
          "text": "[H]ow far the particular practices in regard to Works of Industry may be usefully adopted, it is difficult to determine; but \"where there is a will, there is a way:\" local habits and circumstances must be the guides.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 July 31, Bianca Castro, quoting Robert Halfon, “MP criticises senior police for failing to deal with travellers”, in Harlow Star, Harlow, Essex, page 7, column 4:",
          "text": "There is more than enough legislation to deal with illegal traveller encampments. It is also important to remember that where there is a will, there is a way.",
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          "ref": "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 Physick, London: Printed for J. Roberts, […], →OCLC, page 6:",
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