Pas à pas on va bien loin

Meaning: Slow, steady progress takes you a long way.

Literally: Step by step one goes very far

Example: “Tu ne parles pas encore couramment, mais pas à pas on va bien loin.” — You're not fluent yet, but fair and softly go far in a day.

Equivalents in English, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian, and 4 more languages

English: Fair and softly go far in a day.
Spanish: Poco a poco se anda lejos (literally: Little by little one goes far)
Japanese: 急がば回れ (Isogaba maware) (literally: If you are in a hurry, take the roundabout way)
German: Eile mit Weile (literally: Haste with leisure)
Italian: Chi va piano va sano e va lontano (literally: Who goes slowly goes safely and goes far)
Portuguese: Devagar se vai ao longe (literally: Slowly you go far)
Dutch: Langzaam aan, dan breekt de lijn niet (literally: Take it slowly and the line won't break)
Russian: Тише едешь — дальше будешь (Tishe edesh' — dal'she budesh') (literally: The slower you ride, the farther you get)
Turkish: Ağır git ki yol alasın (literally: Go slowly so you make headway)

Origin: No shortcut, just steps: each one small, all of them together a long road.

Colorful expressions from dozens of languages, with their word-for-word translations.

S'en moquer comme de l'an quarante To not care in the slightest.
Fait comme un rat Trapped, with no way out.
Le roi n'est pas son cousin He is beside himself with happiness — and sometimes rather too pleased with himself.

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