Among my favorite quotations is one often attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It reads in part:
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too … Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theater director and critic. The
