“Slow and steady wins the race” is a famous saying. This is the moral of the tortoise and hare story from Aesop’s fable. You can read the story here.
Its meaning: The saying “Slow and steady wins the race” means that even a person with average talent can achieve success through persistent efforts. In other words, one can overcome the barriers of difficulties and achieve success through constant efforts in the right direction.
Explanation: We often see a person with exceptional talent fail, while a man of ordinary merit succeeds. The difference lies in the way two people have worked. The man of intelligence and abilities took his work lightly and did it by fits and starts. He depended on his merit and failed. The other man worked steadily day in and day out and became successful.
There is no shortcut for success and there is no alternative for hard work. There are many instances in history where ordinary men rose to high fame through patient toil of many years. History also tails us of many brilliant men meeting with disaster for want of patience and perseverance. Demosthenes was a stammered but he became the greatest orator of ancient Greece with persistent efforts. Thus, steady and patient labor brings success to man.