proverb · Legacy record
If you endeavor, fate will favor you.
If you endeavor, fate will favor you.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Endeavour said to earn fate’s favour connects effort with a hoped-for beneficial outcome. The saying encourages undertaking rather than relying only on chance.
What the words are saying
A responsible reading treats favour as optimism rather than a verified force or promise. Resources, constraints and circumstances can affect the result. Effort can be worthwhile without succeeding, and an adverse outcome is not proof that someone failed to try.
Everyday example
Someone makes a feasible attempt while recognising the conditions that may still prevent completion.
When to use it
Use it to encourage supported effort without a success guarantee.
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What it does not mean
No supernatural favour, assured success or blame from failure is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Mongolia
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 397; PDF page 39; collection label: Mongolia
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- Culture
- Mongolia