...is a dangerous thing

Here's another one of those quote thing-ys:

The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. – quoted on an individual’s webpage

Source:
“It’s easy to embrace the tranquil
and easy to prevent trouble before omens appear.
It’s easy for the trifling to melt away
and easy for the slight to scatter away.

Work at things before they’ve begun
and establish order before confusion sets in,

For a tree you can barely reach around
grows from the tiniest rootlet,
a nine-tiered tower
starts as a basket of dirt,
a thousand-mile journey
begins with a single step.

Work at things and you ruin them;
cling to things and you lose them.

That’s why a sage does nothing,
and so ruins nothing,
clings to nothing,
and so loses nothing.

When people devote themselves to something
they always ruin it on the verge of success.

Finish with the same care you took in beginning
and you’ll avoid ruining things.”

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64, translated by David Hinton. Google Books. Hyperlink

I won't pretend I understand every word of the source material on this one. Just thought I'd throw it out here in case anyone's interested.