Viljen til at ville fostrer ofte evnen til at kunne

English translation: Where there is a will, there is a way

22:58 Jan 24, 2013

Danish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Management / Human resources - inspiration and leadership

Danish term or phrase: Viljen til at ville fostrer ofte evnen til at kunne

Viljen til at ville fostrer ofte evnen til at kunne

This is basically the HR manager's motto.

I can find suitable b*llsh*t bingo expressions for his commonest buzzwords, but now and again he gets serious and does some original thinking, so my text is quite difficult.
This quote is a personal declaration of intent, so I need something that sounds like a motto or slogan.

The best I can come up with is ´where there is a will, there is a way´, but that doesn´t quite seem to cover it.
My deadline is looming up... so thanks for any suggestions!

Christine Andersen KudoZ activity Questions: 241 (none open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 1854 Denmark
Local time: 22:37

English translation:Where there is a will, there is a way

Explanation:
This is the idiom you are looking for.

Selected response from:

Lene Johansen
Local time: 16:37

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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

Where there is a will, there is a way

Lene Johansen

The will to want something often breeds the capacity to know how

Charles Ek

Desire frequently breeds capability

Sven Petersson

will breeds ability

Signe Golly

Discussion entries: 3

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2 hrs confidence:

The will to want something often breeds the capacity to know how

Explanation:
Boy, am I glad I'm not in the clutches of this sort of people any more. I suspect there's some American football coach behind this somewhere. It just reeks of Vince Lombardi and his kind. :-)

Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 15:37
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 7

6 hrs confidence:

Desire frequently breeds capability

Explanation:
The short version.

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:37
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Where there is a will, there is a way

Explanation:
This is the idiom you are looking for.

Lene Johansen
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of: Norwegian (Bokmal)
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks!

9 hrs confidence:

will breeds ability

Explanation:
or perhaps
'will spurs ability'

I agree that "where there's a will, there's a way" covers it quite well. However, that is obviously a very common saying in English, whereas the manager's motto is not a well-known saying in Danish (right?). Not sure if that's relevant...

Signe Golly
Denmark
Local time: 22:37
Native speaker of:

Danish,

English

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