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 com­mits one­self, then Prov­i­dence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never oth­er­wise have occurred. A whole stream events issues from the decision.

Johann Wolf­gang von Goethe