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

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.

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

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.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they
may.

He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they
may.

And wanting the right rule they take chalke for cheese, as the
saying is.

And wanting the right rule they take chalke for cheese, as the
saying is.

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is
persecuted; he must also be right.

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is
persecuted; he must also be right.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.