Carpe Quotes

We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can paralyze us with fear, or one that can energize us with impatience, with the desire to explore and experience, with the hope- nay, the iron-will!- to find a memory in every action. To be alive, under sunshine, or starlight, in weather fair or stormy. To dance with every step, be they through gardens of flowers or through deep snows.

Seize the day, take hold of it, and make it whatever you want.

There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.

It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.

If you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Time! where didst thou those years inter Which I have seene decease?

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.

Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

Do anything, but let it produce joy.

We're not laughing at you - we're laughing near you

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.

Begin doing what you want to do now.

We are the change we have been waiting for.

find your eternity in each moment

Your future depends on what you do today.

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.

I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

Life begins when you do.

In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing.

Why always "not yet"?  Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.

I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.

Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will change that. Today you are alive and here and honored and blessed with good fortune. Look at this suset, it's beautiful, neh? This sunset exists. Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now. Please look. It is so beautiful and it will never happen ever again, never, not this sunset, never in all infinity. Lose yourself in it, make yourself one with nature and do not worry about karma, yours, mine, or that of the village.

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

If you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently?

My most fundamental hope is for a worldwide attitude of tolerance, which will only come through education and an awareness of other cultures and religions. The more people are exposed to other philosophies and thoughts, the more possible it becomes to resolve world conflicts peacefully. Education builds tolerance for other points of view.

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

Throughout history, the arts and humanities have helped men and women around the globe grapple with the most challenging questions and come to know the most basic truths. In our increasingly interconnected world, the arts play an important role in both shaping the character that defines us and reminding us of our shared humanity. This month, we celebrate our Nation's arts and humanities, and we recommit to ensuring all Americans can access and experience them.

I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.

What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?

We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

So here we are, talking about Roman unicycles and alien sandwiches and my sister’s Italian misfortunes, while hanging in between us is: MY EPIC FAILURE TO CARPE. What’s wrong with me?

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.