Mary Renault Quotes

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up - that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

Live mindful of how brief your life is.

Eternity does not start after you die; it begins when you really live.

Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.

Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?" "The same thing you do when you don't have forever." He smiled wanly. "Live.

There's no future. There's no past. I live each moment as my last.

Live each day as your last, and tomorrow is forever

If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

I only live one time.

Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.

Each day should be passed as though it were our last.

I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.

This is life-and it is passing. What are we waiting for?

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield

Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live.

Today is the only time we can possibly live.

I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.

Make haste to live, and consider each day a life.

Every breath you take, you are getting closer to the grave. But every breath you take, you can also get closer to your liberation.

The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.