Haste makes waste, and small gains mean big things will fail.
From "The Analects of Confucius·Zi Lu"
Original text Zi Xia was the governor of Ju's father and asked about politics. Confucius said: "If there is no desire for haste, there will be no small gains. If you have haste, you will not achieve anything. If you see small gains, you will not achieve great things."
Translation Zixia became the steward of Ju Fu and asked Confucius how to handle political affairs. Confucius said: "Don't ask for speed, and don't be greedy for small profits. If you seek speed, you will not achieve your goal, and if you are greedy for small profits, you will not achieve great things."
Famous aphorisms about speed:
1. Gorky: The fastest and slowest, the longest and shortest, the most ordinary and precious, the most easily overlooked, and the most regrettable thing in the world is time.
2. Ingersoll: The history of civilization is the history of mankind’s slow and painful liberation.
3. Tennyson: The progress of science is very slow and requires crawling to get from one point to another.
4. Franklin: Be slow to choose friends, and even slower to change friends.
5. Hua Luogeng: Science is honest knowledge. When conducting scientific research, we must adopt an honest and realistic attitude, without any falsehood or exaggeration.
6. Rousseau: People say that life is very short, but I think it is they themselves who make life so short. Because they are not good at using life, they complain in turn that time passes too fast;
7. Einstein: With the support of a noble purpose, working non-stop, even if it is slow, will be inevitable will be successful.
8. Inspirational quotes: I want to hold your hand and walk the road of revolution together. How do I express my love? Don’t think I am ugly! I am holding your hand and I will slowly follow you for thousands of years. Looking back, you still hold my hand.
9. Educational quotes: Lift wine tightly, lift oil slowly, weigh salt and vegetables with your head raised on the scale.
10. Franklin: Despair has ruined some, and arrogance has ruined many.