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[Essay] Where there's a will, there's a way

The proverb means that we need a strong will and determined effort to overcome the seemingly insuperable obstacles in our way. It says that people with superior will and resolute determinations succeed where those with feeble will and wavering mind fail and falter. History is full of examples of people of average intelligence and physical strength reaching great heights of power, prestige and popularity. Demosthenes , the Athenian , who finally became one of the greatest orators of all time was a weak voiced boy and a stammerer. But he was so determined to become a great orator that he overcome these physical handicaps with single-minded devotion, determination, dedications and, above all, with an iron will. This enabled him to realize his dream and fulfill his ambition of becoming a first rate orator of his time, nay of all time. The history of India's struggle for freedom is full of striking examples of how people with strong iron will accomplished seemingly impossible t