“This may sound too simple, but is
great in consequence. 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 definitely commits
oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that
would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issue from the
decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and
meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have
come his way.”
- William
Hutchinson Murray, excerpted from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951
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