 | John Milner Fothergill - 1885 - 232 str.
...safety lies in their diligence. The habit of doing everything thoroughly is one well worth acquiring. " If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well ! " This class of wilful beings, determined not to do their best, are a more objectionable class than... | |
 | Massachusetts Horticultural Society - 1885 - 800 str.
...first prizes. To judge from the character of the exhibits he has made, he evidently believes that " if a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well." We have certainly seen abundant proofs of this at frequent exhibitions, and of his skill in producing... | |
 | Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - 1887 - 234 str.
...come far short of meeting the expectation of those who plant them. The adage which declares that " if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well," is nowhere more true than in the matter of treeplanting, and yet few things, probably, are less frequently... | |
 | 1886 - 296 str.
...many hymns is often lost, through the careless or monotonous manner with which they are given out. If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well, is an old proverb, which may be, with great advantage, applied to all those who have to read the Scriptures... | |
 | William Edward Norris - 1887 - 312 str.
...I persuaded the old lady to come over and spend the night. Oh, I know why you smile; nevertheless, if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. That is one of your own axioms; and I assure you that I couldn't have done this thing well without... | |
 | 1887 - 920 str.
...I persuaded the old lady to come over and spend the night. Oh, I know why you smile ; nevertheless, if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. That is one of your own axioms ; and I assure you that I couldn't have done this thing well without... | |
 | Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - 1887 - 234 str.
...come far short of meeting the expectation of those who plant them. The adage which declares that " if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well," is nowhere more true than in the matter of treeplanting, and yet few things, probably, are less frequently... | |
 | Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf - 1887 - 746 str.
...are to be constructed, they should be properly punctuated. To this rule there should be no exception. If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. MR. GOODALL: I have done some of this work in my room during the past year, but not with pupils who... | |
 | Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton, Andrew Lang - 1888 - 476 str.
...by no means inclined to agree with such a Spartan discipline. We believe that in games, as in life, if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well ; but, although we claim to be second to none in our keenness to sec good boy cricketers, we differ... | |
 | Colorado. State Board of Horticulture - 1888 - 688 str.
...manner, and then complain either of the tree salesman, or the climate, because their trees did not grow. If a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well. There have been some complaints on account of the ravages and destruction caused by the codling moth... | |
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He acts upon the principle that if a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well : — and the thing that he " does" especially well is the public. 
