Anon.

One step at a time, and that well placed,
We reach the grandest height;
One stroke at a time, earth's hidden stores
Will slowly come to light;
One seed at a time, and the forest grows;
One drop at a time, and the river flows,
Into the boundless sea,

One word at a time, and the greatest book
Is written and is read;
One stone at a time, and the palace rears
Aloft its stately head;
One blow at a time, and the tree's cleft through,
And a city will stand where the forest, grew
A few short years before.

One foe at a time, and be subdued,
And the conflict will be won;

One grain at a time, and the sands of life
Will slowly all be run;
One minute, another, the hours thus fly;
One day at a time, and our lives speed by
Into eternity!

One grair of knowledge, and that well stored,
Another and more on them;
As time rolls on your mind will shine
With many a garnered gem
Of thought and wisdom. And time will tell
"One thing at a time, and that done well,"
Is wisdom's proven rule.

不積跬步，無以致千里
不積微鑿，無以掘深礦
不積纖種，無以育森林
不積小流，無以成海洋

不積片言，無以就巨著
不積卵石，無以固宮牆
不積寸鋸，無以裂古木
滄海桑田，密林換市坊

臨敵當忍，一笑泯恩仇
風蝕砂礫，人生轉瞬殤
駒隙長流，韶華逝若水
格物致志，終達智慧光

斯是箴言，歷久彌真朗

附：可奈布置的作業

XHH童心忽起翻譯第一小段，拋磚之意在引玉。
恭請才女火狐把玉拋出來。

老頑童原稿為

一步一步又一步，
踏上山嶺最高處；
一錘一錘又一錘，
大地寶藏現光輝；
一粒一粒又一粒，
明日森林覆大地；
一滴一滴又一滴，
小水滴匯成江河直奔海洋媽媽懷抱里。