Interpret this quote please?

Question

"Those who remove mountains, begin by carrying away small stones"

I have a pretty good idea of what it means but I just want to compare...Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Its the same idea with "you have to sort out the weeds to get to the flowers"

You have to work your way up

Answer 2

you can only accomplish something big by doing it little by little?

doing something little by little can accomplish something big?

those who eat turkey, end by compulsively tap dancing like hard boiled eggs?

Answer 3

Any big goal can be achieved by breaking it down to smaller, easier goals.  

Answer 4

to interept quotes your most likley going to get all different responses but ill tell you my interuptation based on what i feel it means..

i feel like the removing mountains...mountains being big...and you begin with carrying away small stones...like it takes time to do something..maybe heal pain emotionally or something...it just sounds like it means the mountain is the big issue..and the small stones are taking baby steps to get there....hope this helped :)

Answer 5

I imagine you could interpret this in several different ways.

You could say that, in order to accomplish big things in life (remove mountains) one must start by preparing oneself (or the carrying away of small stones) by making a plan and securing one's resources.

I also thought of it this way:

The removing of mountains could be looked at as significantly destroying or altering the prevailing environment, medium, setting or situation.

The carrying away of small stones may be seen as small, seemingly harmless or insignificant acts or actions which lead to massive unintended consequences.

Answer 6

(those who remoe mountains) the people who want to remove thier problems or those people who want to change thier attitude(begin by carrying way small stones, means) they start from small thing they want to change/remove/solve. time by time they will be able to change thier attitude/ remove or solve thier problem/s.