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seize
«This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it»
Author: Al Capone
| About:
America and Americans,
Capitalism,
Opportunity
| Keywords:
Americanism, American System, capitalism, One of Us, seize
«The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.»
«What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.»
Author: Benjamin F. Fairless
| Keywords:
career, ingredients, member, recipe, recipes, seize, team, The Team
«To perceive means to immobilize. We seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.»
Author: Henri Bergson
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
immobilize, immobilizes, immobilizing, outruns, seize
«What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live / with your self-respect alive and growing.»
Author: Maxwell Maltz
| Keywords:
hoping, knock, knocking, knockings, knocks, knock on, leading, live with, Opportunity Knocks, personality, prepare, pursue, seize, self image, self respect
«The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion. It is the current which he puts forth, which sweeps you along in his passion»
Author: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(Painter)
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
conveying, conveys, current, puts, seize, sweeps, sweep away, The Current, work of art, wrap
«The world can therefore seize the opportunity to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind»
Author: George Bush
(President)
| Keywords:
aspirations, common cause, diverse, drawn, fulfill, in common, New World, seize
«Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.»
Author: Jane Austen
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Happiness,
Pleasure
| Keywords:
at once, destroyed, foolish, preparation, preparations, seize, The Pleasure
«You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you've lost them forever.»
Author: Wayne Dyer
(Author, Speaker)
| Keywords:
appreciation, clear, defeating, develop, for anything, message, present moment, regret, savor, savoring, savors, seize, seldom, self-defeating, The Message, torment, using
«The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
| About:
God,
Opportunity
| Keywords:
gods, opportunities, seize, seize on, seizing, the gods
