A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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This is chapter 64 of the Tao Te Ching, traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu. A more literal rendering of the Chinese is that the journey begins beneath one's feet — an image of location rather than distance.
That nuance sharpens the meaning. The obstacle is not the length of the road but the reluctance to start from where you actually stand, with what you actually have. The scale of an ambition is irrelevant to the size of its first move, which is always small enough to be taken today.