A stitch in Time saves Nine.
Expansion of Ideas School & College Section.
On the surface, the proverb says that a thing that needs mending ought to be mended before it assumes serious proportions.
Take for example a cloth that is a little torn. It can be easily mended with a single stitch. But if it is neglected, it requires more stitches. Further neglect may also make it useless.
By extension, the proverb means that timely action helps us in overcoming problems. Prompt action at an early stage prevents serious trouble in future.
Take for instance, the breach in a dam in Gujarat. It was not repaired in the early stages. This resulted in the bursting of the dam. A water sheet of twenty feet high ran across the village and thousands of people died in Marui, a beautiful city, in three minutes. It is a case of delay and ‘delays are dangerous’.
Same is the case of a student who falls into the habit of procrastination. He must read his lessons regularly. He must not postpone them. If he neglects to study in time he will have to strain before the examinations. He will have to ‘burn the midnight oil’. It may spoil his health and in addition there is every danger of forgetting whatever he has read. He becomes a victim of tension and fear.
A boy stole a pencil from a classmate and showed it to his grandmother. Instead of questioning him about it she kept quiet. The boy’s thefts went unchecked until one day he was arrested. If the boy had been corrected in time, he would not have become a thief. Timely action would have prevented him from falling into the wrong ways. Thus the saying advises us to take timely action for ” a small hole, if neglected, will sink a big ship”.
Expansion of Ideas
A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED
A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing.
A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss.
An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away
Birds of a feather flock together.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness
Cut your Coat According to Your Cloth
Empty vessels make the most sound
Example is Better Than Precept OR
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Experience is the best teacher
God Helps those who Help Themselves
God made the country and Man Made the Town
Impossible is a word in the Dictionary of Fools
Industry is the mother of prosperity
Is having a Hobby / Leisure Time activity helpful?
Is Plastic Bad for the Environment?
Neither a Borrower nor a Lender be
One Good Turn Deserves Another
Perseverance is the key to success
Pollution: Earth’s enemy number one
Prevention is Better than Cure
Procrastination is the thief of time
Science and Modern inventions: A Blessing or a curse?
Service to Man is Service to God
Speech is silver, Silence is Golden
Strike While the Iron is Hot Or
The Hand that rocks the cradle Rules the world
The world has enough for every man's need, But not for every man's greed
Things of Beauty is a joy forever
To err is human, To forgive Divine
We are a part of Nature, Not Apart from Nature
WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY
