miehen on mela kädessä, Jumala venettä viepi

Finnish

Proverb

miehen on mela kädessä, Jumala venettä viepi (literally, “the man holds the paddle, [yet] God leads the boat”)

  1. God gives us hands, but does not build bridges for us; one must work for something to happen, but what exactly happens is up to fate
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