Captured well in this popular subhāṣita.
गच्छन् पिपीलिको याति योजनानां शतान्यपि ।
अगच्छन् वैनतेयोऽपि पदमेकं न गच्छति ॥
Even a crawling ant can journey for hundreds of yojanas. Even the celestial Suparṇa (eagle), however, when stationary moves not a step.