slow and steady wins the race

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

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 欲速則不達 /欲速则不达 (yù sù zé bù dá) — patient work will conquer any problem
• Chinese Mandarin: 心急吃不了熱豆腐 /心急吃不了热豆腐 (xīnjí chībuliǎo rè dòufu) — patient work will conquer any problem
• Chinese Mandarin: 不怕慢,只怕站 (bù pà màn, zhǐ pà zhàn) — patient work will conquer any problem
• Finnish: kilpikonna voittaa jäniksen — patient work will conquer any problem
• French: rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point — patient work will conquer any problem
• German: mit kleinen Schritten zu großen Zielen heißt viel gewinnen und wenig verspielen — patient work will conquer any problem
• Hungarian: lassan járj, tovább érsz — patient work will conquer any problem
• Indonesian: biar lambat laga, asal menang — patient work will conquer any problem
• Italian: chi va piano va sano e va lontano — patient work will conquer any problem
• Japanese: 継続は力なり — patient work will conquer any problem
• Malayalam: പയ്യെത്തിന്നാൽ പനയും തിന്നാം (payyettinnāl panayuṁ tinnāṁ) — patient work will conquer any problem
• Polish: kropla drąży skałę — patient work will conquer any problem
• Polish: śpiesz się powoli — patient work will conquer any problem
• Polish: gdy się człowiek śpieszy, to się diabeł cieszy — patient work will conquer any problem
• Polish: co nagle, to po diable — patient work will conquer any problem
• Portuguese: devagar e sempre — patient work will conquer any problem
• Russian: тише едешь, дальше будешь (tiše jedešʹ, dalʹše budešʹ) — patient work will conquer any problem
• Scottish Gaelic: ruigidh each mall muileann — patient work will conquer any problem
• Slovak: pomaly ďalej zájdeš — patient work will conquer any problem
• Vietnamese: chậm mà chắc — patient work will conquer any problem