004Japanese maxim 格言
継続は力なり
けいぞくはちからなりKeizoku wa chikara nari
“Continuity is strength.”
The meaning
It is not one day's intensity that builds, but the quiet repetition of days. What you do daily ends up weighing more than what you do once.
At the origin
A modern Japanese maxim, ubiquitous in education and sport; its exact author remains debated.
The characters
- 継続 keizokucontinuity
- は watopic marker
- 力
- なり
はParticleMarks the topic: what the sentence is about — “as for…”.
In practice
Choose one small practice and hold it ten minutes a day rather than two hours once.
Editorial note
Modern maxim; exact attribution uncertain.
Themes
In the collections · Kaizen