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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

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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 KudoZ activity Questions: 103 (11 open) (5 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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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3 +3

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

Guus van Osch

see explanation

Oliver Walter

nothing ventured, nothing gained

Cilian O'Tuama

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

anisco

One who fears limits his activities. ...

Steffen Walter

another one

Tanja Kaether

***

Hermann

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16 mins confidence:

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:

English
PRO pts in category: 14

17 mins confidence:

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
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 459

21 mins confidence:

***

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:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 40

23 mins confidence:

nothing ventured, nothing gained

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

Cilian O'Tuama
Local time: 21:49
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 137

28 mins confidence:

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:

German

44 mins confidence:

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
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

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2 hrs confidence:

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
Germany
Local time: 21:49
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 57

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