隗より始めよ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隗	始
かい Hyōgai	はじ Grade: 3

Proverb

隗(かい)より始(はじ)めよ • (kai yori hajimeyo) 

1. one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small
2. the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it