Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
When your time comes, you need to grab it with both hands.
The future is today.
One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"
The future comes quickly. Before you know it, you turn around and it's tomorrow.
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.
Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure.
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 have only one life - don't hold back.
If you are waiting for this thing that might happen tomorrow, it probably will never happen. You need to activate it now! No one else is going to do it for you, and ten years are going to go by before you even know it.
The time to hesitate is through.
Typically, my advice to young artists is not to wait for someone to allow you to do the thing. Just do the thing, and they'll catch up.
Carpe diem, you know.
Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.
Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
Life's not a dress-rehearsal. So if you want to do it; do it.
Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way.
If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.
You don't want to wait until something horrible happens to get help. Admit that something's not right. You might not know exactly what, but you still want to go get it checked out.
If you want to be with somebody, do it, 'cause they could be dead tomorrow.
