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Developing a skill or commitment through attentive practice, suitable guidance and steady effort. These editorial selections emphasise feedback and workable pacing rather than guaranteed perfection, obedience or blame for unequal opportunities. Connections follow agent-reviewed meanings, rather than source word matching. Reviewed editorial meanings may also connect entries to this topic; those assignments are labelled separately from word matching.
Meaning: Small efforts repeated over time can produce a substantial change. The saying values steady persistence, while leaving room to check whether the effort is effective and whether the desired result is actually achievable.
Meaning: Steady effort can provide a lasting resource, much as an inheritance supplies something to build on. The proverb praises diligence as useful capital, without claiming that hard work removes unequal opportunities or guarantees material success.
Meaning: Skilled work normally takes learning and practice. A beginner’s first attempt should not be judged as though they already have the experience and support of a practised worker.
Meaning: Repeated, attentive practice can improve a skill. Progress usually depends on learning from mistakes and refining your approach, rather than simply repeating the same action many times.
Meaning: The instruction joins diligence with avoiding a rush. It favours attentive effort at a pace that allows the task to be done carefully.
Meaning: Repeatedly moving a task to tomorrow allows considerable time to pass. Notice the pattern of postponement and choose a concrete next step rather than another indefinite promise.