Starting a business is the same — without small streams, no river or sea is formed.
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history
From Xunzi 《荀子·劝学》 (Warring States): ‘不积跬步，无以至千里；不积小流，无以成江海。’ (Without accumulating half-steps you cannot reach a thousand li; without gathering small streams you cannot form rivers and seas.) A cornerstone quotation on the value of steady accumulation.
usage
Always used with its paired line 不积小流. 无以 = ‘there is no way to…’, a common classical construction.
