diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eff1cef..c3eb549 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "my-weekly-todo-list",
-  "version": "1.12.0",
+  "version": "1.13.0",
   "description": "A web-based weekly task management application that organizes to-dos and calendar events in a single, intuitive weekly view",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/app/api/goal/route.ts b/src/app/api/goal/route.ts
index 6f67efd..0223b7e 100644
--- a/src/app/api/goal/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/goal/route.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { getServerSession } from 'next-auth';
 import { authOptions } from '@/lib/auth';
 import { prisma } from '@/lib/prisma';
 import { getHolidayHint } from '@/lib/holidays';
+import { getRandomLocalQuote } from '@/lib/quotes';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
             select: {
                 goalFallbackType: true,
                 goalDefaultSentence: true,
+                language: true,
             }
         });
 
@@ -90,17 +92,26 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
             return NextResponse.json({ goal: holidayHint, isHoliday: true });
         }
 
-        // 4. Fallback to ZenQuotes motivational quote
-        try {
-            const res = await fetch('https://zenquotes.io/api/random', { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000) });
-            if (res.ok) {
-                const data = await res.json();
-                if (data && data[0] && data[0].q) {
-                    return NextResponse.json({ goal: `${data[0].q} — ${data[0].a}`, isQuote: true });
+        // 4. Fallback to ZenQuotes motivational quote (English only)
+        const userLang = user?.language || 'en';
+        if (userLang === 'en') {
+            try {
+                const res = await fetch('https://zenquotes.io/api/random', { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000) });
+                if (res.ok) {
+                    const data = await res.json();
+                    if (data && data[0] && data[0].q) {
+                        return NextResponse.json({ goal: `${data[0].q} — ${data[0].a}`, isQuote: true });
+                    }
                 }
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error('Failed to fetch from ZenQuotes:', e);
             }
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.error('Failed to fetch from ZenQuotes:', e);
+        }
+
+        // 5. Fallback to local curated quotes (supports DE and EN)
+        const localQuote = getRandomLocalQuote(userLang);
+        if (localQuote) {
+            return NextResponse.json({ goal: `${localQuote.text} — ${localQuote.author}`, isQuote: true });
         }
 
         // Final default fallback
diff --git a/src/components/WeeklyView.tsx b/src/components/WeeklyView.tsx
index f645173..d76311c 100644
--- a/src/components/WeeklyView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/WeeklyView.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import SimpleDatePicker from "./SimpleDatePicker";
 import RecurringTasksManager from "./RecurringTasksManager";
 export interface RecurringTaskException { id: string; taskId: string; originalDate: string; newDate?: string | null; isCancelled: boolean; createdAt: Date; updatedAt: Date; }
 import { ImportListModal } from "./ImportListModal";
+import { getRandomLocalQuote } from "@/lib/quotes";
 
 // Cookie helpers for per-device settings
 const DEVICE_SETTINGS_KEYS = ["viewDays", "cellDuration", "startHour", "endHour"];
@@ -1215,9 +1216,15 @@ export default function WeeklyView() {
             }
         }
 
-        // Final fallback if all failed
-        setMotivationalQuote("Stay focused and productive.");
-    }, [profile.goalFallbackType, profile.quoteSourceUrl, profile.quoteSourceUrls]);
+        // Final fallback: use local curated quotes
+        const lang = profile.language === "de" ? "de" : "en";
+        const localQuote = getRandomLocalQuote(lang);
+        if (localQuote) {
+            setMotivationalQuote(`${localQuote.text} — ${localQuote.author}`);
+        } else {
+            setMotivationalQuote(lang === "de" ? "Bleib fokussiert und produktiv." : "Stay focused and productive.");
+        }
+    }, [profile.goalFallbackType, profile.quoteSourceUrl, profile.quoteSourceUrls, profile.language]);
 
     // Fetch tasks on mount
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -10489,6 +10496,11 @@ function SettingsSidebar({
                                         <p style={{ fontSize: "0.75rem", color: "var(--weekly-text-light)", marginTop: "4px" }}>
                                             URL that returns a JSON list or object of quotes (e.g. {'[{"quote":"...","author":"..."}]'} or {'{"quote":"..."}'}).
                                         </p>
+                                        <p style={{ fontSize: "0.75rem", color: "var(--weekly-settings-label)", marginTop: "8px", fontStyle: "italic" }}>
+                                            {profile.language === "de"
+                                                ? "Wenn keine externe Quelle antwortet, werden lokale kuratierte Zitate in Ihrer Sprache verwendet."
+                                                : "If no external source responds, curated local quotes in your language are used as fallback."}
+                                        </p>
                                     </div>
                                 )}
                                 {profile.goalFallbackType === "default" && (
diff --git a/src/lib/quotes.ts b/src/lib/quotes.ts
index 2121df9..9debb09 100644
--- a/src/lib/quotes.ts
+++ b/src/lib/quotes.ts
@@ -343,6 +343,188 @@ export const LOCAL_QUOTES: LocalQuote[] = [
     language: "en",
     tags: ["motivation", "success"],
   },
+  // --- Additional German Quotes ---
+  {
+    text: "Das Geheimnis des Vorwartskommens besteht darin, den ersten Schritt zu tun.",
+    author: "Mark Twain",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["motivation", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Nicht der Wind, sondern das Segel bestimmt die Richtung.",
+    author: "Chinesisches Sprichwort",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["wisdom", "life", "motivation"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Erfolg hat drei Buchstaben: T-U-N.",
+    author: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["motivation", "work", "success"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Die Zukunft gehort denen, die an die Schonheit ihrer Traume glauben.",
+    author: "Eleanor Roosevelt",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["motivation", "life", "creativity"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Sei du selbst die Veranderung, die du dir wunschst fur diese Welt.",
+    author: "Mahatma Gandhi",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["wisdom", "life", "motivation"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Jeder Tag ist ein neuer Anfang.",
+    author: "T.S. Eliot",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["motivation", "life"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Wer aufhort besser zu werden, hat aufgehort gut zu sein.",
+    author: "Philip Rosenthal",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["perseverance", "work", "success"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Ordnung braucht nur der Dumme, das Genie beherrscht das Chaos.",
+    author: "Albert Einstein",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["humor", "creativity", "wisdom"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "In der Mitte von Schwierigkeiten liegen die Moglichkeiten.",
+    author: "Albert Einstein",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["perseverance", "motivation"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Es gibt keine Abkurzung zu einem Ort, der es wert ist, erreicht zu werden.",
+    author: "Beverly Sills",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["perseverance", "success", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Wer das Ziel kennt, kann entscheiden; wer entscheidet, findet Ruhe.",
+    author: "Konfuzius",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["wisdom", "life"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Kreativitat ist Intelligenz, die Spass hat.",
+    author: "Albert Einstein",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["creativity", "humor"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Der beste Weg, die Zukunft vorherzusagen, ist sie zu gestalten.",
+    author: "Peter Drucker",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["motivation", "work", "success"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Anfangen ist leicht, beharren eine Kunst.",
+    author: "Deutsches Sprichwort",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["perseverance", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Alles, was du dir vorstellen kannst, ist real.",
+    author: "Pablo Picasso",
+    language: "de",
+    tags: ["creativity", "motivation"],
+  },
+  // --- Additional English Quotes ---
+  {
+    text: "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.",
+    author: "Sam Levenson",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "perseverance", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.",
+    author: "Tony Robbins",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "perseverance"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.",
+    author: "Zig Ziglar",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["success", "wisdom", "motivation"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.",
+    author: "William James",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.",
+    author: "Eleanor Roosevelt",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "life", "creativity"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Be the change that you wish to see in the world.",
+    author: "Mahatma Gandhi",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["wisdom", "life", "motivation"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.",
+    author: "Arthur Ashe",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "work", "perseverance"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.",
+    author: "Ralph Waldo Emerson",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["wisdom", "motivation", "life"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "The best way to predict the future is to create it.",
+    author: "Peter Drucker",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "work", "success"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.",
+    author: "Robin Sharma",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["perseverance", "success", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Your limitation—it's only your imagination.",
+    author: "Unknown",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "creativity"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Great things never come from comfort zones.",
+    author: "Unknown",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "perseverance", "success"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Dream it. Wish it. Do it.",
+    author: "Unknown",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["motivation", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Don't stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.",
+    author: "Unknown",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["perseverance", "motivation", "work"],
+  },
+  {
+    text: "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.",
+    author: "Tim Notke",
+    language: "en",
+    tags: ["work", "perseverance", "success"],
+  },
 ];
 
 /**