Never make troubles of trifles.
Meaning: Small annoyances magnified through worry waste energy better spent on genuine problems.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Perseverance
- Where there's a will, there's a way — Determination will help you find a solution.
- Practice makes perfect — Repeated practice leads to mastery.
- Fall seven times, get up eight — Perseverance is the key to mastery and resilience.
- Rome wasn't built in a day — Great things take time and patience.
- The early bird catches the worm — Those who act first gain advantage.
- Better late than never — Doing something late is better than not doing it at all.
From our tongue twisters
- Liesje leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange Lindelaan. — Eight consecutive l-words, with the vowel behind the l changing every time.
- なまむぎ なまごめ なまたまご (Nama mugi, nama gome, nama tamago) — A nimble warm-up for the Japanese 'na / ma / ge' syllables.
- Pablito clavó un clavito, ¿qué clavito clavó Pablito? — A bouncy drill on the 'cl' cluster.