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«There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes --seize it, don't miss it.»
«Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.»
«Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in a love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.»
«Opportunities multiply as they are seized.»
«Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.»
Author: Martin Luther (Priest, Scholar) | About: Faith | Keywords: permitting, seized, seize on, seizing
«But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: husbandman, husbandmen, seize on
«The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities»
«Then indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;What you can do, or dream you can, begin it;Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.»
«Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.»
«They may seizeOn the white wonder of dear Juliet?s handAnd steal immortal blessing from her lips,Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.»