A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Walking a thousand miles begins with the first step. It is a metaphor that things are started from scratch and carried out step by step.
The words come from Chapter 64 of Laozi's "Tao Te Ching": "The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest grain; the nine-story platform starts from the base soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Bai Juyi's "Wen Yaoqing and others appointed officials and gave Fei Chong Cangjing Jiangling Judge System": "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
If we continue to strive for self-improvement, how far can we go? ”