If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. " ——Xunzi's "Encouragement to Learning"

A horse can leap but cannot move ten steps; a horse can drive ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance; if you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, gold and stone can be carved. - -- Xun Kuang

A horse can't take ten steps in one leap; a horse can drive ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance; if you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, gold and stone can be carved. ---Xun Kuang Xun. Introduction to Kuang

Xun Kuang (about 313 BC - 238 BC), also known as Sun Kuang or Sun Qing, was a native of Zhao and a famous thinker and educator in the late Warring States Period.