Seize Quotes

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.

You've got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the moment with singular unity. And may we build a Texas of unlimited possibility.

It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election.

We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

You're never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you.

Seize the day. Well, I aspire to that anyway.

You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did.

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"

We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption.

Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

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.

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.

Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.

Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.

Damnation seize my soul if I give your quarters, or take any from you.

I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height.

My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage.

Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I'm swept up in amorphous dust.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.