Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very short walk. Make those twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. And we shall live happily ever after.

You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.

'Carpe Diem' is a phrase that I try to embrace. It means seize the day, to make the most of the present and to give little thought to the past or future. In the time that I have here, I want to love and live life to the fullest while being a positive influence on others. And I want a full life for everyone.

The world does not wait for you.

You only live once, so you got to do as much as you can in the time that you have.

Don't spend your time dreaming, live life now.

Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

Wisely improve the Present. It is thine.

While there is time, let's go out and do everything.

Don't wait until life has given you an expiration date to live.

Seize the day [Carpe diem]: trust not to the morrow.

Life is short. You better get out there and do what you want to do while you can.

But I'm looking at life, and I'm putting nothing off.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.

Live riotously lest not you regret the minutes, moments, hours and days of time gone by.

So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.

You know, you only get to live life once, so there are two things that that yields. One is that there's no point in crying over spilt milk, but secondly you hate wasting time, energy, and whatever talent you've got.

Seize the day. Carpe diem.