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
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• Polish: człowiek strzela, Pan Bóg kule nosi (pl)
• Portuguese: o homem põe e Deus dispõe
• Romanian: omul propune, Dumnezeu dispune
• 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