A Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)

Robert A. Heinlein

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Doing Lazarus Long Overdoing Thing Worth

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Robert A. Heinlein
American - Writer
July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

Oscar Wilde

Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards.

Seal

Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Robert A. Heinlein

My motto in life is, 'If anything is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.'

Danny Bonaduce

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

David Letterman

If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

Nile Rodgers

If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

Ayn Rand

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

Steven Tyler

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

Henry S. Haskins

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.

Barbara Ehrenreich

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

Jeff Buckley

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

Geraldine Page

Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.

Charles R. Swindoll

The difference between and amateur and a professional.. a professional believes if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well. An amateur believes if a job is worth doing, it very well may be worth doing badly.