Den, der lever stille, lever godt

English translation: slow and steady wins the race

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Danish term or phrase:	Den, der lever stille, lever godt
English translation:	slow and steady wins the race
Entered by:	Jande

21:29 Apr 20, 2011

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Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Danish proverb

Danish term or phrase: Den, der lever stille, lever godt

Virksomheden skal ikke være passiv og afventende, for det gamle udtryk, at ”den, der lever stille, lever godt”, gælder ikke længere, hvis det overhovedet nogensinde gjaldt.

Pernille Kienle KudoZ activity Questions: 446 (1 open) (21 without valid answers) (47 closed without grading) Answers: 183 Canada
Local time: 21:50

slow and steady wins the race

Explanation:
You could almost say in this context that ...the old saying "slow and steady wins the race" doesn't apply any longer...

otherwise you could say something like ...sitting back and waiting for something to happen doesn't work in this day and age, if it ever did.

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Jande
Australia
Local time: 14:50

Grading comment

Tak :o)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

slow and steady wins the race

Jande

Modesty is the best policy/Modesty is a virtue

Vanda Nissen

little by little fills up the measure

trsk2000 (X)

Quietly doing things our own way

Christine Andersen

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1 hr confidence:

Modesty is the best policy/Modesty is a virtue

Explanation:
modesty is a virtue
- [ Oversæt denne side ]
Modesty, like many virtues begins at home. Parents are key in training their children, both male and female in either modesty or immodesty. ...
www.pasadenaisd.org/parentuniversity/parent23.htm -

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/danish_to_english/idioms_maxims_sa...

Vanda Nissen
Australia
Local time: 14:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

slow and steady wins the race

Jande
Australia
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Tak :o)

5 hrs confidence:

little by little fills up the measure

Explanation:
a Swahili proverb. Although progress may be slow, it will eventually be more beneficial than being hasty to get something done.

Reference: http://www.special-dictionary.com/proverbs/keywords/fills/2....

trsk2000 (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:50
Native speaker of: English

11 hrs confidence:

Quietly doing things our own way

Explanation:
I wonder it this would fit in your context.

It is not quite the same as the usual ´unobtrusive getting on with the job´

or the other excellent suggestions, but in a seller´s market it may work.

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 06:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 22

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