The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.

Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes read more

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.

But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.

For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win;
To doubt would read more

For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see read more

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see the right.