“If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”

—  Thomas Jefferson

Not found in Jefferson&#x27;s writings, according to the Jefferson Monticello center https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/if-you-want-something-you-have-never-had-quotation. First known appearance in print is from 2004. <br class="br">Misattributed

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3rd President of the United States of America 1743–1826

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