“Never confuse someone else's inability to do something with its inability to be done.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 16
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.”
As quoted in "She Drew Horses..." (2006) by Kelli Swan, p. 42
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Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
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Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American pastor
Elbert Hubbard, as quoted in The Treasury of Humorous Quotations (1951) by Evan Esar, p. 103
Misattributed
“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
John Bunyan (1628–1688) English Christian writer and preacher
“If you want something you've never had you have to be willing to do something you've never done.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 97
“If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Not found in Jefferson'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
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
As quoted in The Federal Career Service: A Look Ahead (1954)
1950s
Variant: Now I think, speaking roughly, by leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it.
“… no sooner had you done something than someone else appeared who threatened to do it better.”
Gabriel García Márquez book Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale (2002)
“Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "you're on fire. You do know that, don't you?”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel
Source: Clockwork Angel