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learn to walk before you can run
Definition:  before a person can perform a big task, he/she should have started with a smaller one
Usage:  our business mentor taught us to always start small, so the businesses could grow gradually; it is true that we learn to walk before we can run
SEPEDI
Translation:  ithute go sepela pele o ka kitima
Proverb: go lekwa go lekwa dithobe, dihlopi di a farela
XITSONGA
Translation:  dyondza ku famba u nga si tsutsuma
Proverb: n’wana u rhanga a tshama a nga si kasa
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  guda u tshimbila phanḓa ha musi u tshi nga gidima
Proverb: tsetsetse i vhidza u gidima