Dhammapada · 22.8

Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ, daḷhamenaṃ parakkame;Sithilo hi paribbājo, bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ.

Kayira ce kayirathenam, dalhamenam parakkame; Sithilo hi paribbajo, bhiyyo akirate rajam.

If one is going to do it, let one do it firmly. The lax wanderer only scatters more dust.

— Dhammapada 22.8

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.