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Not only eastern cultures have the concept. In German there is the phrase 'a steady water drop hollows a stone' and it actually traces back to the Roman author
by italophil 12y ago
Not only eastern cultures have the concept.
In German there is the phrase 'a steady water drop hollows a stone' and it actually traces back to the Roman author Ovid 'gutta cavat lapidem'.
Perseverance is just so much harder than instant gratification.
- bane 12y agoJust to show Yanks have it too, "slow and steady wins the race".
- whatusername 12y agoWhich in my mind has always been linked with The Tortoise and the Hare -- which is then from Aesop / Greece.
- emodendroket 12y agoWell you can't really reject all elements of American culture that have their roots in Europe as not American or else you end up without a whole lot to work with.
- ionforce 12y agoMy pappy always said, if you shoot it and it's still standing, keep shooting it! Small, incremental changes!
- bgilroy26 12y agoWell that wouldn't be very good! Let's embrace them then.
- munificent 12y agoOne rain does not make a crop. — Creole
- tripzilch 12y agoI always thought story-myths like Star Wars and The Karate Kid fulfilled the role of fairytales and parables for the comparatively young culture of United States. I'm only half-kidding. I bet Yoda has a few choice quotes related to exactly this subject?
- Dylan16807 12y agoIt seems to me that that's lost the idea of incremental improvement. It's about taking the time to do things right, but there's no sense of making it better.
- sp332 12y agoHm, that's a good point. A favorite saying around here is, "If you don't have time to do it right, you don't have time to do it over!" There's a big emphasis on doing something right, and if you have to go back and improve it later, that's a failure.
- twsted 12y agoGutta cavat lapidem (Ovidium)
- johnydepp 12y agoIn india the phrase is: "Continuous movement of rope can make mark on stone, like it makes on the wall of a well". HINDI: "Rasari aavat javat re, sil par parat nishaan"
- hyh1048576 12y agoInteresting. The same phrase 'a steady water drop hollows a stone' also exists in Chinese: 水滴石穿, and it also traces back to 2000 years old classics.
- SaulOfTheJungle 12y agoIn (Brazilian) Portuguese: "Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura".
- waldir 12y agoThere's nothing specifically Brazilian about that sentence. In fact, it's a quite common saying in Portugal.
- SaulOfTheJungle 12y agoThanks! I did not know that. I usually prefer to err on the side of being too specific. :)