82 Quotes About Seize-the-day

The people we consider successful in our society are all people that seize every moment and make the best of each situation.

The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform. It is true, that no diligence can ascertain success; death may intercept the swiftest career; but he who is cut off in the execution of an honest undertaking has at least the honour of falling in his rank, and has fought the battle, though he missed the victory.

Death twitches my ear;'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming.

Every woman is beautiful, but not every woman has someone to tell her that.

TIME: Today Is My Everything

I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.

Squandering time is a luxury of profligate youth, when the years are to us as dollars are to billionaires. Doing the same thing in middle age just makes you nervous, not with vague puritan guilt but the more urgent worry that you're running out of time, a deadline you can feel in your cells.

I am merely at the midway point in the novel of my own life. On around page 250 of a 500-page tale. There’s no reason why the next 250, 300, or even 350 pages will not be far more exciting than the first half.

Opportunities are like fish on a hook, haul them in when you get the chance before they slip away. You'll always be kicking yourself if you let the Big One go.