Quotes with seize

Quotes 21 till 24 of 24.

• Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.

  Jane Austen
  English writer (1775 - 1817)
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• Woman for example, look at her case! She turns tantalizing inviting glances on you. You seize her. No sooner does she feel herself in your grasp than she closes her eyes. It is a sign of her mission, the sign by which she says to man: ''Blind yourself, for I am blind.''

  Luigi Pirandello
  Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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• You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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• Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

  Lord Chesterfield
  English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• procrastination
• tantalizing
• opportunity
• greatness
• character
• idleness

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