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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

"Wer immer tut, was er schon kann, bleibt immer das, was er schon war"

English translation:

if you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got

Added to glossary by Guus van Osch (X)
Aug 30, 2004 08:51
19 yrs ago
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German term

"Wer immer tut, was er schon kann, bleibt immer das, was er schon war"

German to English Other Business/Commerce (general)
Ein Zitat von Henry Ford.
Kann irgend jemand das Original-Zitat mailen ?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 if you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got
4 see explanation
4 nothing ventured, nothing gained
3 There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.
2 One who fears limits his activities. ...
2 another one
1 ***

Proposed translations

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if you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got

no idea if this is Ford's quote but seems to me that it points in the same direction....
Peer comment(s):
agree Orla Shanaghy : i think this is right too - it's certainly the version i've heard most
3 hrs
agree foehnerk (X) : That's the one!
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agree Romeo Badulescu (X)
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German term (edited): wer immer tut ...

see explanation

“The one who always does what he already can do, will always
be what he already is,” said Henry Ford.
Reference:

http://www.nachhaltiges-europa.de/Wortmann1.pdf

Peer comment(s):
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : sounds very German to me
4 mins
neutral Steffen Walter : TBH, this sounds like a back-translation. Also, there isn't any other Web source confirming the quotation.
5 mins
You (& Cilian) could be right, especially as it was a German website
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17 mins

One who fears limits his activities. ...

One who fears limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again [andere Version: ... to begin again, more intelligently].

Ich bin mir überhaupt nicht sicher, aber der obige Ausspruch kommt der deutschen Version wenigstens etwas näher ("...limits his activities...").

Gefunden unter: http://home.uchicago.edu/~bkadison/

Weitere Zitate von Henry Ford:
http://www.angelfire.com/sc/pac/quotesf.html
http://www.dailycelebrations.com/henryford.htm
http://www.tpub.com/Quotes/f.htm
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21 mins

***

Of all the quotes I have found this one comes closest - but maybe someone else gets it.

"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." Henry Ford

Reference:

http://www.cumorah.com/wordstoliveby.htm

http://www.henrywagner.org/quotes/quotes.htm

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23 mins

nothing ventured, nothing gained

probably not what you're looking for, but what the h***
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28 mins

another one

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Reference:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henry_ford.html

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German term (edited): Wer immer tut, was er schon kann, bleibt immer das, was er schon war.

There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.

Bin mir nicht ganz sicher, aber es könnte sich um dieses Zitat handeln.
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