“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

“Every journey begins with a single step.”

“Respond to anger with virtue. Deal with difficulties while they are still easy. Handle the great while it is still small.”

“All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small.”

“Therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things.”

“Therefore the sage desires what (other men) do not desire, and does not prize things difficult to get; he learns what (other men) do not learn, and turns back to what the multitude of men have passed by.”