Achievement
Cats that wear gloves catch no mice.
He who chases two hares catches neither.
Too many chefs spoil the soup.
Similar proverb: Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Opposite proverb: Many hands make light work.
You have to crawl before you can walk.
Related proverb: You have to learn to walk before you can run.
When one door closes, another one opens.
Four eyes see more than two.
Related proverb: Two heads are better than one.
There is always a first time.
Similar proverb: There is a first time for everything.
Fish while the fish are biting.
Related proverbs:
Strike while the iron is hot.
Make hay while the sun is shining.
Many hands make light work.
Opposite proverb: Too many chefs spoil the soup.
Haste makes waste.
Two heads are better than one.
Related proverb: Four eyes see more than two.
The difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer.
Better late than never.
Never say never.
Practice makes perfect.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
Opposite concept: Delegation
Rome was not built in a day.
Slow and steady wins the race.
The sooner begun, the sooner done.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Variantions:
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
You reap what you sow.
The first step is the hardest.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Related proverb: Fish while the fish are biting.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Similar proverb: Success breeds success.
Concept: The Tetherball Effect (Prolman)
Success breeds success.
Similar proverb: Nothing succeeds like success.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Talk is cheap.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
You never know what you can do until you try.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You have to learn to walk before you can run.
Related proverb: You have to crawl before you can walk.
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.
SAYINGS
There’s nothing to it but to do it.
You fail only if you don’t try.
Sometimes you have to take two steps backwards to make one step forward.