if you want a thing done well, do it yourself

English

Alternative forms

• if you want something done, do it yourself
• if you want a thing done right, do it yourself
• if you want it done right, do it yourself

Proverb

if you want a thing done well, do it yourself

1. It is better to do something oneself than to rely on others to do it well.

Translations

better to do something oneself

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 求人不如求己 (qiúrén bùrú qiújǐ)

• Finnish: kun itse tekee, tietää mitä saa
• French: on n’est jamais mieux servi que par soi-même (fr)
• Norwegian: vil du ha noe gjort, gjør det selv
• Russian: если хочешь сделать что-то хорошо, сделай это сам. (jesli xočešʹ sdelatʹ što-to xorošo, sdelaj eto sam.)