Carpe Diem!

by Hilda on November 22, 2010

A Thought for the week

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.” ~ Orison Swett Marsden

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it!” ~ Jonathan Winters

“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.” ~ Geena Davis

“Opportunities don’t knock at all. They don’t have to, they’re already all around us. It’s up to us to see where they are and take advantage of them.” ~ Dave Thomas

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Lance November 23, 2010 at 11:29 am

Hilda,
I absolutely love all of these today!! And so good for me to read, and let soak in…

Now…to go out and seize this day!!

Hilda November 25, 2010 at 2:47 pm

Hi Lance,

I hope you’re out there seizing! I gotta go do the same… ;-)

HappinessandWisdom November 28, 2010 at 8:49 pm

Love the Geena Davis quote. So many people think that doing nothing is safe, when in fact, the world passes you by if you stand still — not safe at all and very limiting. Thanks for these.

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