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"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


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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
Entered by: Guus van Osch
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08:51 Aug 30, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Business/Commerce (general)
German term or phrase: "Wer immer tut, was er schon kann, bleibt immer das, was er schon war"
Ein Zitat von Henry Ford.
Kann irgend jemand das Original-Zitat mailen ?
TransHorn
Local time: 21:49
if you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got
Explanation:
no idea if this is Ford's quote but seems to me that it points in the same direction....
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Guus van Osch
Local time: 21:49
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3if you do what you always did, you'll get what you always gotGuus van Osch
4see explanation
Oliver Walter
4nothing ventured, nothing gained
Cilian O'Tuama
3There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.
anisco
2One who fears limits his activities. ...
Steffen Walter
2another one
Tanja Kaether
1***
Hermann


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
wer immer tut ...
see explanation


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
Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
One who fears limits his activities. ...


Explanation:
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

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 21:49
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
***


Explanation:
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
    Reference: http://www.henrywagner.org/quotes/quotes.htm
Hermann
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nothing ventured, nothing gained


Explanation:
probably not what you're looking for, but what the h***

Cilian O'Tuama
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
another one


Explanation:
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
Tanja Kaether
Local time: 21:49
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
if you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got


Explanation:
no idea if this is Ford's quote but seems to me that it points in the same direction....

Guus van Osch
Local time: 21:49
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Orla Shanaghy: i think this is right too - it's certainly the version i've heard most
3 hrs

agree  Karl Foehner: That's the one!
9 hrs

agree  Romeo Badulescu
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
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.


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

anisco
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