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W. H. Murray:

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.  All sorts of things occur to help that would never otherwise have occurred.  A stream of events issues from the decision, raising unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.

I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: “What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”

“The Scottish Himalayan Expedition,” J. M. Dent, Reader’s Digest, August, 1991, page 100