Who said "No half steps, no thousand miles. No little streams, no sea."?

Xunzi (c. 310-235 BC). Source: Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (ch. 1).

What is the original Chinese?

故不積跬步，無以至千里；不積小流，無以成江海。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

不積小流，無以成江海

No half steps, no thousand miles. No little streams, no sea.

Xunzi, Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (ch. 1)

What it means

Every great distance is made of short strides, and every sea is made of small streams. Big results are accumulations. Respect the small daily step.

The source

"No half steps, no thousand miles. No little streams, no sea." Xunzi said it in Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (ch. 1). Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"故不積跬步，無以至千里；不積小流，無以成江海。"

Original Chinese, Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (ch. 1). Text read at zh.wikisource.org.

Who said it

Xunzi (c. 310-235 BC). Confucian thinker who held that human nature has to be shaped by effort and learning. His essay Encouraging Learning is one of the great defenses of steady practice.

Questions

What does "No half steps, no thousand miles. No little streams, no sea." mean?: Every great distance is made of short strides, and every sea is made of small streams. Big results are accumulations. Respect the small daily step.
Who said "No half steps, no thousand miles. No little streams, no sea."?: Xunzi (c. 310-235 BC). Source: Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (ch. 1).
What is the original Chinese?: 故不積跬步，無以至千里；不積小流，無以成江海。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
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Cite this line

"No half steps, no thousand miles. No little streams, no sea." (Xunzi, Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (ch. 1), translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/no-half-steps-no-thousand-miles-no-little