Jan 31, 2005

Kotowaza of the day: Effort and Providence


Japanese:
人事を尽くして天命を待つ

Romanized:
Jinji wo tsukushite tenmei wo matsu

Meaning of Japanese:
Do your best and leave the rest to fate

English equivalents:
Use the means and God will give the blessing

1 Comments:

At 2/02/2005 2:22 AM, Blogger Safety Neal said...

I prefer the more pessimistic: "Now all is done that man can do. And all is done in vain."

 

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