man proposes, God disposes

man proposes, God disposes

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin "Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit", coined in Thomas à Kempis's De Imitatione Christi.

Proverb

man proposes, God disposes

1. Things don't always work out as they were planned.

Synonyms

• man plans and God laughs

Translations

things don't always work out as they were planned

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 謀事在人，成事在天／谋事在人，成事在天 (zh) (móushì zài rén, chéngshì zài tiān) Czech: člověk míní, pánbůh mění Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: de mens wikt, God beschikt Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ihminen päättää, Jumala säätää French: l’homme propose et Dieu dispose (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt Hungarian: ember tervez, Isten végez (hu) Irish: is tusa a dúirt agus ní hé Dia Italian: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Polish: człowiek strzela, Pan Bóg kule nosi (pl) Portuguese: o homem põe e Deus dispõe Russian: челове́к предполага́ет, а бог располага́ет (čelovék predpolagájet, a box raspolagájet) Slovak: človek mieni, pánboh mení Spanish: el hombre propone y Dios dispone Swedish: Människan spår, gud rår. (sv) Vietnamese: mưu sự tại nhân, thành sự tại thiên

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman: Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, page 228, →ISBN