Carpe Quotes

155 Carpe quotes by 131 unique authors

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence. — Marcus Aurelius
Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
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… — Laini Taylor
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later… — Horace
I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form. — Joan Crawford
Against Him those women sin who torment their skin with potions, stain their cheeks with rouge and extend the line of their eyes with black… — Tertullian
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? — David Brin
The word "now" is like a bomb through the window, and it ticks. — Arthur Miller
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… — Mark Twain
So act that anything you do may become universal law. — Immanuel Kant
Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration... what we need in education is a learning climate in which students… — Ernest L. Boyer
What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky? — Pablo Neruda
One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations. — John Coltrane
When we approach love and creativity with the level of conviction that the powers-that-be in the world today are approaching hatred and destruction, then and… — Marianne Williamson
The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we… — Herbie Hancock
This music heals people because music is vibration, and the proper vibration heals. — Wynton Marsalis
The artist has a special task and duty... reminding people of their humanity and the promise of their creativity. — Lewis Mumford
Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace. — Ugo Betti
There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can… — Mark Van Doren
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… — Leo Tolstoy
Above all you must illumine your own soul with its profundities and its shallows, and its vanities and its generosities, and say what your beauty… — Virginia Woolf
To understand is to stand under which is to look up to which is a good way to understand. — Corita Kent
Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think. — John Cage
In this speedy world of ours when facts are multiplying rapidly and giant rearrangements are happening all around us, it seems dangerous to be made… — Corita Kent

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