I can see as far into a millstone as the picker.

More proverbs about Challenge

• The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper. Humble, ordinary work produces results as valuable as prestigious labor.
• If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain. When obstacles won't move, adapt your approach rather than exhaust yourself demanding cha…
• When thy neighbour's house is on fire, be careful of thine own. Self-preservation requires vigilance when crisis spreads nearby; danger threatening other…
• By doing nothing we learn to do ill. Idleness creates habits of laziness that make wrongdoing easier than virtuous effort.
• It is more painful to do nothing than something. Inaction breeds regret and anxiety; taking action—even imperfect action—relieves the torm…
• When old age is evil, youth can learn no good. A corrupt elder corrupts the next generation; moral decay flows downward through families…