A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - Wikipedia A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2016 ) This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. ( December 2013 ) Click for important translation instructions. View a machine - translated version of the Chinese article. Google 's machine translation is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy - pasting machine - translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low - quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign - language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary ( using German ) : Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at ( ( : de : Exact name of German article ) ) ; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ( ( Translated zh 千里 之 行 始 于 足下 ) ) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia : Translation. `` A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step '' ( Chinese : 千里 之 行, 始 於 足下 ; pinyin : Qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià ; literally : `` A journey of a thousand li starts beneath one 's feet '' ) is a common saying that originated from a famous Chinese proverb. The quotation is from Chapter 64 of the Tao Te Ching ascribed to Laozi, although it is also erroneously ascribed to his contemporary, Confucius. This saying teaches that even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point ; something which begins with one first step. References Look up a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This China - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_journey_of_a_thousand_miles_begins_with_a_single_step&oldid=848691706 '' Categories : Chinese proverbs Taoism China stubs Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from August 2016 All articles lacking sources Articles to be expanded from December 2013 All articles to be expanded Articles needing translation from Chinese Wikipedia Articles containing Chinese - language text All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 3 July 2018, at 17 : 02 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who said a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step
Answer: Laozi