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John Keating2 quotes
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. — John Keating · 1989We are food for worms, lads...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. — John Keating · 1989Oscar Wilde2 quotes
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Realize your youth while you have it... Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Benjamin Franklin1 quote
He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Charles Dickens1 quote
No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused! — Charles Dickens · 1843Henry James1 quote
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had? — Henry James · 1903Horace1 quote
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. — Horace · 23 BCJack Dawson1 quote
I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count. — Jack Dawson · 1997Willa Cather1 quote
There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that. — Willa Cather · 1912