Carpe diem, quam minimus credula postero. [Seize today, and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.]
~ Horace
The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.
~ Epicurus
Dream as if you have forever. Live as if you only have today.
~ James Dean
The glory of God is the fully alive human being.
~ Irenaeus of Lyons
The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.
~ Amelia Earhart
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
~ E. E. Cummings
It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep.
~ Old Persian proverb
I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. The proper function of men is to live, not exist.
~ Jack London
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
~ Henry David Thoreau, in Life Without Principle
Life begins when you do.
~ Hugh Downs
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
- Alan Kay
Happy is the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have liv’d today.
~ John Dryden, in Translation of Horace
You’ve got to get to the state in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
~ Arthur Ashe
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
~ Wayne Gretzky
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
~ Chinese Proverb
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it’s a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
~ William Jennings Bryan
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.
~ Hank Aaron
I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.
~ Albert Einstein
f you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.
~ Brendan Francis
It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
~ Grace Hopper
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
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