Quotes by Carpe Diem Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. Jean Anouilh carpe-diem political law History teaches us the mistakes we are going to make. Jean Bodin teach carpe-diem mistake There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living. Henry David Thoreau carpe-diem greater life I totally carpe-d the snot out of this diem! Jerry Scott carpe carpe-diem Seize the day, take hold of it, and make it whatever you want. Jessica Sorensen seize-the-day carpe-diem want I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form. Joan Crawford aries carpe-diem life Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain. John Armstrong carpe-diem pain grief Nothing is worth more than this day. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe carpe-diem bad-day garden Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think. John Cage carpe-diem enjoy thinking One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations. John Coltrane positive-thoughts positive-vibrations carpe-diem 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. John Hendricks carpe-diem attitude philosophy Ideas shape the course of history. John Maynard Keynes carpe-diem life-changing inspirational Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands serenely above the politics of Germany, and I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over cities, we too will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit. John F. Kennedy carpe-diem ambition plato It's just as sure a recipe for failure to have the right idea fifty years too soon as five years too late. John R. Platt carpe-diem years ideas Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity. John Silber carpe-diem passionate survival Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Jonathan Swift locks carpe-diem past What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time. Kazuo Ishiguro enough-time carpe-diem people Find what it is you love to do and do it well. Make the world a better place. Keter Betts carpe-diem wells world I believe that order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. Leo Tolstoy carpe-diem ignorance believe It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. Lewis Carroll carpe-diem vision memories «12345678910»