“Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well.”
Robert Fulghum book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
The French attribute this to the painter Nicolas Poussin (born 15 June 1594) "Ce qui vaut la peine d'être fait vaut la peine d'être bien fait"
Disputed
“Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well.”
Robert Fulghum book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Isla Dewar (1946–2021) Scottish novelist who died in 2021
Women Talking Dirty
“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly--until you can learn to do it well.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
“Some idiotic things are well worth doing.”
Richard Ford book Independence Day
Source: Independence Day
“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
Folly and Female Education
What's Wrong With The World (1910)
“If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.”
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly … very slowly.”
Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970) American burlesque performer, actress, author
As quoted in Great Hollywood Wit: A Glorious Cavalcade of Hollywood Wisecracks, Zingers, Japes, Quips, Slings, Jests, Snappers, & Sass from the Stars (2003) by Gene Shalit, p. 46
“Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing.”
Nikki Sixx (1958) American musician
Source: The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star
“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”
Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones