slow and steady wins the race

English

Etymology

Originated from one of Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare.

Proverb

slow and steady wins the race

1. Patient work will eventually conquer any problem.

Translations

patient work will conquer any problem

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欲速則不達／欲速则不达 (zh) (yù sù zé bù dá), 心急吃不了熱豆腐／心急吃不了热豆腐 (zh) (xīnjí chībuliǎo rè dòufu), 不怕慢，只怕站 (bù pà màn, zhǐ pà zhàn)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kilpikonna voittaa jäniksen
• French: rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point
• Italian: chi va piano va sano e va lontano
• Japanese: 継続は力なり
• Malayalam: പയ്യെത്തിന്നാൽ പനയും തിന്നാം (payyettinnāl panayuṃ tinnāṃ)
• Polish: kropla drąży skałę (pl), gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy (pl)
• Portuguese: devagar e sempre
• Russian: тише едешь, дальше будешь (tiše jedešʹ, dalʹše budešʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruigidh each mall muileann
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• more haste, less speed