If a job’s worth doing, it’s too hard.
Meaning of the quote
"This quote means that if a task is important or valuable, it will probably be difficult to do. The cartoonist Scott Adams suggests that we should not expect easy work when trying to accomplish something meaningful. Sometimes, the best and most worthwhile things in life require a lot of effort and challenge us, but that's what makes them worthwhile."
About Scott Adams
Scott Adams is an American author and cartoonist best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip. He has written numerous books on business, commentary, and satire, touching on the social and psychological landscape of white-collar workers in modern corporations. Recently, Adams faced controversy for making comments about Black people, leading to Dilbert’s removal from many newspapers before he relaunched it as a webcomic.
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