Comments on: Until One Is Committed, There Is Hesitancy – Goethe Quote http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/ (def): 1. (n) a turtle, snake or other such creature when it is attempting to cross a road or highway. 2. (n) one who engages in the compassionate yet somewhat dangerous activity of stopping the car in the middle of the road, getting out, and moving said slow movers out of harm's way. 3. (n) a metaphor for living. 4. (n) a wordpress blog. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:17:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kmls http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-356 kmls Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:17:44 +0000 http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-356 Thank you so much for the correction! I researched and researched before I put it up, but did not catch this. Thanks for reading. Thank you so much for the correction! I researched and researched before I put it up, but did not catch this. Thanks for reading.

]]> By: Treve Johnson http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-355 Treve Johnson Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:44:35 +0000 http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-355 May I suggest a correction. All but the last two lines are attributable to W.H. Murray from The Scottish Himalaya Expedition. The quote should end with: I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it! May I suggest a correction. All but the last two lines are attributable to W.H. Murray from The Scottish Himalaya Expedition. The quote should end with:

I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

]]> By: jlseagull http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-318 jlseagull Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:33:32 +0000 http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-318 Here is also a quote by William James: "There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation." William James (1842-1910) American philosopher and psychologist. Here is also a quote by William James:

“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.”

William James (1842-1910) American philosopher and psychologist.

]]> By: jlseagull http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-317 jlseagull Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:25:33 +0000 http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-317 Thank you for your comment. I do not know what he goes on to say. I've had a photocopy of the quote for years and wanted to share it. I no longer know the source. However, I did a little research and found this quote which may be what you are looking for: "Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it." And here is another: "“Treat a man as he is and he remains as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” Blessings. Thank you for your comment. I do not know what he goes on to say. I’ve had a photocopy of the quote for years and wanted to share it. I no longer know the source. However, I did a little research and found this quote which may be what you are looking for:

“Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.”

And here is another:

““Treat a man as he is and he remains as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”

Blessings.

]]> By: Chelsea http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-314 Chelsea Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:27:05 +0000 http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-314 oops i meant "rational deliberation" not painful. oops i meant “rational deliberation” not painful.

]]> By: Chelsea http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-313 Chelsea Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:26:35 +0000 http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-313 Doesn't he go on to say something like about indecision is fear masked as painful deliberation or something like that? I want to find the rest, do you know about it? Doesn’t he go on to say something like about indecision is fear masked as painful deliberation or something like that? I want to find the rest, do you know about it?

]]> By: ilovemint http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-130 ilovemint Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:01:07 +0000 http://slowmover.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/until-one-is-committed-there-is-hesitancy-goethe-quote/#comment-130 Oh, I have been looking for the full text for ages! Thanks for sharing! Oh, I have been looking for the full text for ages! Thanks for sharing!

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