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Sydney Smith: The fact is, that to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand…

The fact is, that to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

In today’s wordsThe fact is, to do anything worthwhile in this world, we can't stand back shivering and thinking about the cold and danger; we have to jump in and scramble through as best we can.

Sydney SmithCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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