Top 200 Carpe Diem Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.”

— Hugh Laurie

52. “Time goes on. So whatever you’re going to do, do it. Do it now. Don’t wait.”

— Robert De Niro

53. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it.”

— Nora Roberts

54. “Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other path, no other way, no day but today.”

— Jonathan Larson

55. “Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

— Albert Camus

56. “Are you here to experience life or think about it?”

— Jaggi Vasudev

57. “Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.”

— Nhat Hanh

58. “Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause.”

— Charlie Chaplin

59. “Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it.”

— Neil Gaiman

60. “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”

— James Dean

61. “Past and future are in the mind only – I am now.”

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

62. “Soon is not as good as now.”

— Seth Godin

63. “To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.”

— Nhat Hanh

64. “You only live once, for a very short time. So make every second divine.”

— Mitch Lucker

65. “No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don’t wait for someone else.”

— Madonna

66. “Do every act of your life as if it were your last.”

— Marcus Aurelius

67. “Live life for the moment, because everything else is uncertain.”

— Louis Tomlinson

68. “The time is now, the person is you.”

— Nido R. Qubein

69. “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”

— Oprah Winfrey

70. “I’m gonna live till I die.”

— Frank Sinatra

71. “Excitement must lead to immediate action or you will lose the power of momentum. More dreams die because we fail to seize the moment. Do it now!”

— Tony Robbins

72. “You have to take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime in the lifetime of the opportunity.”

— Eric Thomas

73. “Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.”

— Marcus Aurelius

74. “Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.”

— Ramana Maharshi

75. “Begin to live each day as if it was your last.”

— Robin S. Sharma

76. “It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

77. “Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.”

— Horace

78. “Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.”

— Natalie Babbitt

79. “What you do today can change all the tomorrows of your life.”

— Zig Ziglar

80. “If tomorrow doesn’t happen, would you still do what you’re about to do today? If that answer is no, you’re alive, but you’re not living.”

— Greg Plitt

81. “If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.”

— Katharine Hepburn

82. “I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.”

— Willie Nelson

83. “Don’t take anything for granted, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.”

— Kirby Puckett

84. “There’s a spark in you. You’ve just got to ignite the light and let it shine.”

— Katy Perry

85. “Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act – act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

86. “If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it.”

— Christopher McCandless

87. “Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.”

— Omar Khayyam

88. “Today is a new day. A New opportunity to get better stronger faster smarter and closer to your goals and dreams. Take it.”

— Joel Madden

89. “Stop looking for permission to pursue your dreams! They are YOUR dreams and you don’t need a co-signer to chase them!”

— Eric Thomas

90. “The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.”

— John C. Maxwell

91. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.”

— Hans Christian Andersen

92. “Remember, there is no perfect time for anything. There is only now.”

— Jack Canfield

93. “I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.”

— Randy Pausch

94. “You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”

— Tony Robbins

95. “The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need.”

— Ann Richards

96. “Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?”

— Amelia Earhart

97. “If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.”

— Roy Bennett

98. “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!”

— Dr. Seuss

99. “Don’t save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.”

— Thomas S. Monson

100. “Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.”

— Michael Landon