Indecision Causes Own Delays

"Each indecision brings its own delays And days are lost lamenting over lost days. What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it."

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

German Writer, Artist and Politician

The Misery That Oppresses You

"The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life, without experiencing an inner calling? Whoever is born with a talent, or to a talent, must surely find in that the most pleasing of occupations! Everything on this earth has its difficult sides! Only some inner drive—pleasure, love—can help us overcome obstacles, prepare a path, and lift us out of the narrow circle in which others tread out their anguished, miserable existences!"

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Our Fortune in Our Own Hands

"Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated."

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Knowing is Not Enough

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

-— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe