Begin it now.

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.

The moment one definitely commits oneself,

Then a whole stream of events issues from the decision,

Raising in ones favor, all manor of unforeseen incidents and meetings

And material assistance which no man or woman could have dreamed would have come his or her way.

Whatever you can do or dream you can do,

Begin it.

Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

(This quotation is often credited to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Although the excerpt is reminiscent of a similar Goethe writing, the true author of this writing remains unknown.)