"those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: Possibly come from a Chicago newspaper in 1903: “Things move along so rapidly nowadays that people saying: ‘It can’t be done,’ are always being interrupted by somebody doing it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/world/asia/ivanka-trump-china-summit-korea.html Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=}} those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it, {{en-proverb}} those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it
  1. people who dispute that a task is possible should not impede those people who attempt to do it
    Sense id: en-those_who_say_it_cannot_be_done_should_not_interrupt_those_doing_it-en-proverb-j2ZpC396 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs

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