1. A slight error can make a difference of a thousand miles.
2. One careless step and everything will be lost.
3. Be as small as possible and be cautious.
4. Great things in the world must be done in detail.
5. Don’t hesitate to make big gifts but not small concessions. Details determine success or failure.
6. When it comes to world affairs, we should focus on the big picture and start small.
7. To achieve great things, you must pay attention to details when doing big things.
8. Difficult things in the world must be done with ease; great things in the world must be done with details.
9. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river.
10. Mount Tai does not reject fine soil, so it can reach its height; rivers and seas do not reject small streams, so it can reach its depth.