Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, ch. 6 (1759)
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Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could do something so well that no one could find fault with it.
John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English prelate, Catholic Cardinal, theologian
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Often given as: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
