every man is the architect of his own fortune

English

Proverb

every man is the architect of his own fortune

1. Each person is the chief cause of their success or failure in life.

Translations

each person is the chief cause of their success or failure

• Czech: každý svého štěstí strůjcem (cs)
• Esperanto: ĉiu kreas sian forton, ĉiu forĝas sian sorton
• Finnish: jokainen on oman onnensa seppä
• French: chacun est l’artisan de sa fortune (fr)
• German: jeder ist seines Glückes Schmied (de)
• Hungarian: ki-ki a maga szerencséjének kovácsa (hu)
• Polish: każdy jest kowalem swojego losu
• Russian: всяк своему́ сча́стью кузне́ц (vsjak svojemú sčástʹju kuznéc, literally “every man is the smith of his own fortune”)
• Slovak: každý je strojcom svojho šťastia
• Spanish: cada uno tiene lo que se merece
• Swedish: envar sin egen lyckas smed

See also

• as you make your bed, so you must lie in it