Children learn to creep ere they can learn to go.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Learning advanced skills requires mastering foundational steps first.
- In plain terms
- You must walk before you run.
- What can you take from it?
- Build skills gradually from the basics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What basics are you skipping?
- Where are you rushing?
Another view
Sometimes direct practice skips necessary foundational theory.
More from John Heywood
Rome was not built in one day.
Permalink to quote #31 Better is half a loaf than no bread.
Permalink to quote #33 A man may well bring a horse to water, But he cannot make him drink without he will.
Permalink to quote #30
Related quotes
If Soviet society is to move forward with confidence toward our great goals, each new generation must rise to an ever-higher level of learning and general cult…
Konstantin ChernenkoKonstantin Chernenko quote #2 When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.
Arthur RansomeArthur Ransome quote #7 No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
Andre GideAndre Gide quote #11