carpe diem

"Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary"...

4 results for carpe diem (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=carpe%20diem) [on December 28th 2006]:

1) Latin. seize the day; enjoy the present, as opposed to placing all hope in the future.

2) interj. Used as an admonition to seize the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future.

3) Enjoy the present and don't worry about the future, as in It's a beautiful day, so forget tomorrow's test. carpe diem! Latin for "seize the day," an aphorism found in the Roman writer Horace's Odes, this phrase has been used in English since the early 1800s.

4) Latin for “Seize the day”: take full advantage of present opportunities. This sentiment is found not only in classical literature but in much of English literature as well (see “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may” and “Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, Lady, were no crime.”)

(Extracted from http://themiget.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/carpe-diem/) [on December 28th 2006]:

John Keating (Robin Williams) : “They’re not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they’re destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? - - Carpe - - hear it? - - Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.” (Dead Poet’s Society, 1989)