S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Seize the opportunities life has to offer you. Embrace the changes, and have the courage to travel on roads less travelled, even though what is in front of you could be tough, make it successful. Have determination and courage to kick down the brick walls in front of you, and to go on and achieve bigger success than you ever thought possible.”
“Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.”
“Seize the time... Live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.”
“Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain.”
Source: The Heart of William James
“Seize the wind," I whispered. "Don't become the kite that never flies.”
Source: Spin the Dawn
“Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed”
Source: Faust
“Seize time by the forelock.”
“Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.”
“Seize today with the vigor of tomorrow's achievements.”
“Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.”
“Seized ivory stocks around Africa are recycled back into illegal trade due to corruption. Ivory stocks should be burnt together with the hopes of traffickers for any "legal" way to allow them to slaughter our elephants.”
“Seizing an imaginary microphone, Dennis adopts a limp Estuary accent: 'Masturbating's changed a lot since I were a lad, Brian. In my day, we masturbated for the sheer love of it. Day and night we did it, all the kids on our estate, masturbating on the old waste ground, masturbating up against the wall of the house... I remember me mam coming out and shouting, "Stop that masturbating and come in for your tea! You'll never amount to anything if all you think about is masturbating!" Masturbating crazy we were. Your young masturbators today, though, it's all about the money, it's all about agents and endorsements. Sometimes I worry that the masturbating's in danger of being squeezed out altogether.”
“Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.”
“Seizing the initiative can make all the difference between winning and loosing.”
“Seizing the results of someone’s labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities. If people force you to do certain work, or unrewarded work, for a certain period of time, they decide what you are to do and what purposes your work is to serve apart from your decisions. This process whereby they take this decision from you makes them a part-owner of you; it gives them a property right in you”
“seizing the swift logic of a woman,
Curse God and die.”
Source: Delphi Poetical Works and Plays of Edwin Arlington Robinson (Illustrated)
“Seja a solução para todos os problemas de seus inimigos, e se ele não os tiver, invente-os.”
Source: O Teatro da Ira
“Seja como for, as pessoas dedicadas à religião não querem reconhecer a realidade que contradiz o seu conto de fadas. Se realmente vivermos num universo sem Deus, elas perdem o emprego. O fluxo de dinheiro estagna.
Por outro lado, há pessoas que escolhem viver a sua vida de uma forma completamente egocêntrica e homicida. Essas sentem que, se nada importa e elas podem fazer o que querem sem sofrer consequeências, vão fazê-lo. Mas também podemos ver as coisas de outra maneira: estamos nós e os outros todos, vivos e num barco salva-vidas, e temos de fazer as coisas da maneira mais decente possível para nós e para eles. A mim parece-me que esta seria uma forma de viver muito mais morale "cristã": reconhecermos a terrível verdade da existência humana e, perante isso, ainda escolhermos ser humanos decentes em vez de nos iludirmos sobre a existência de uma qualquer recompensa paradisíaca ou um qualquer castigo infernal. Parecia-me uma atitude muito mais nobre. Se há recompensa, castigo ou qualquer tipo de pagamento e agimos bem, então não estamos a fazer por razões muito nobres - os chamados princípios cristãos. É como os bombistas suicidas que agem alegadamente de acordo com princípios religiosos ou nacionais bastante nobres quando, na verdade, as suas famílias recebem uma recompensa em dinheiro e congratulam-se com um legado heróico - já para não falar da promessa de virgens para os perpetradores, embora me passe completamente ao lado como é que alguém prefere um grupo de virgens a uma mulher altamente experiente.”
Source: Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking
“Seja inteligente no que faz, busque sempre ir além, jamais deixe que lhe diminuam, aprenda a dar valor a você mesmo, assim não perdendo o autoestima.”
“Seja o que a entropia quiser; mas não intimide meu tímido íntimo.”
Source: Caro Jovem Adulto
“Seja você uma pessoa, uma empresa ou um país, você raramente vai saber se está no seu pico ou se desenvolveu apenas uma fração do seu potencial.”
“Sejak awal dimulainya kehidupan, kita semua sudah memiliki cerita untuk bagaimana kita akan hidup. Kita tidak bisa berandai-andai, jika saja kita memilih begini atau begitu saat itu mungkin takkan menjadi seperti sekarang. Hal terpenting dalam kehidupan ini adalah seberapa iklhas kita menjalaninya, tidak ada penyesalan sama sekali, tak perlu menyalahkan diri kita sendiri atau malah manusia lain. Tuhan hanya butuh bagaimana sikap kita menjalani takdirnya. Itu saja”
“Sejak bertemu dengannya, aku tidak pernah merasa tenang...
Dia telah membuatku berayun di antara harapan dan ketakutan...”
Source: Train Man
“Sejak hatiku sudah kau tawan
aku tidak punya apa-apa lagi
hendak tawarkan kepada sesiapa.
Segala apa yang ada di dalam diriku
Kini sudah menjadi tawananmu.”
“Sejak itu dia paham bagaimana rasanya memiliki rahasia dalam pernikahan. Rahasia yang menimbulkan rasa bersalah dalam dirinya, sekaligus candu yang tak mudah dia tinggalkan.”
Source: Luv: Untuk Cinta Yang Selalu Menunggu
“Sejak jaman nabi sampai kini, tak ada manusia yang bisa terbebas dari kekuasaan sesamanya, kecuali mereka yang tersisihkan karena gila. Bahkan pertama-tama mereka yang membuang diri, seorang diri di tengah-tengah hutan atau samudera masih membawa padanya sisa-sisa kekuasaan sesamanya. Dan selama ada yang diperintah dan memerintah, dikuasai dan menguasai, orang berpolitik.”
Source: House of Glass
“Sejak kapan duit jadi masalah?
Sekadar mengingatkan kalau duit jadi masalah ketika semua masalah bisa diselesaikan dengan duit.”
“Sejak percintaan pertama di senja itu, Aureliano dan Amaranta Ursula telah melanjutkan keuntungan yang disebabkan oleh jarangnya Gaston mengawasi istrinya, bercinta dengan semangat terhalang, tercekik dalam kesempatan-kesempatan untuk bertemu dan hampir selalu terganggu oleh kedatangan Gaston yang tiba-tiba.”
Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Sejak peristiwa itu, Dara merasa tidak menjadi dirinya sendiri. Tubuhnya seperti sudah melawan akal sehatnya. Dan ia membiarkan akalnya kalah.”
Source: Dua Garis Biru
“Sejak sebelum menikah, ibu Mikhail sudah memberi tahu ayahnya bahwa usianya tak panjang. Tetapi, ayahnya berkata, “Memang siapa yang bisa dengan berani menyebut bahwa usianya akan panjang? Menunda adalah sebuah keberanian, karena bahkan besok belum tentu milik kita. Adalah sebuah kemewahan kalau kamu tahu usiamu tidak akan panjang. Jadi, jangan buang waktu untuk tidak berbahagia bersamaku.”
Source: 11:11
“Sejak zaman kompeni, Aceh punya keberanian individu, Jawa punya keberanian kelompok. Beda sekali.”
“Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirts—the sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in their dish.”
“Sejam quais forem os seus gostos atuais, há provavelmente muitos tipos de música que lhe dariam imenso prazer se tentasse conhecê-los um pouco melhor. O meu conselho é este: tente ser um pouco mais aleatório nas coisas que ouve e seja justo na avaliação dos novos tipos de música que ouvir. (…) Os géneros musicais não são exclusivos e uma maneira fácil de ter uma vida mais divertida é aumentando o espectro das coisas que ouve.”
Source: How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
“Sejam submissos ao bispo e também uns aos outros, assim como Jesus Cristo Se submeteu, na carne, ao Pai, e os apóstolos se submeteram a Cristo, ao Pai e ao Espírito, a fim de que haja união, tanto física como espiritual.”
Source: Patrística - Padres Apostólicos
“Sejanus's' lips formed his name, Coryo, and his face contorted in pain. But whether it was a plea for help or an accusation of his betrayal he couldn't tell.”
Source: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes & The Hunger Games Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins 2 Books Collection Set
“Sejarah adalah suatu proses yang hidup, saling berbenturan, saling berinteraksi, saling mengembangkan diri, tidak saja antara daerah satu dengan daerah lain namun lingkupnya sangat luas. Hasil interaksi antara satu peristiwa lain, yang juga akan terus berinteraksi dan berkembang, bagai rangkaian benturan atom yang tak pernah berakhir, demikian terus tidak kenal kata henti sampai dunia ini berakhir dalam kepunahan (kiamat).”
Source: The Jacatra Secret
“Sejarah hidup adalah sejarah sepatu. Sejarah mengenai tempat di mana manusia pernah menapak dan berpijak”
Source: Barang yang Sudah Dibeli Tidak Dapat Ditukar Kembali
“Sejarah ingin agar kita tidak mengulangi kesalahan pada masa silam dan mengambil pelajaran guna membangun masa kini. Ia ingin agar kita mengambil segi-segi positif yang dimiliki masa lalu dan berusaha menghindari segi-segi negatifnya demi menggapai masa depan yang lebih baik dan cerah.”
Source: Historiografi Islam: Dari Klasik Hingga Modern
“Sejarah manusia adalah sejarah sepatu. Sejarah tentang tempat dimana ia pernah berpijak dan menjejak.”
“Sejarah memiliki tampuk istimewa dalam hidup manusia, tapi tidak lagi melekat utuh pada realitas. Sejarah seperti awan yang tampak padat berisi tapi ketika disentuh menjadi embun yang rampuh.”
“Sejarah sebenarnya tak mampu menyusun peta waktu, sebagaimana geografi tak bisa menyusun peta bumi dan penghuni.”
Source: Catatan Pinggir 7
“Sejarah tak mencatat para pecundang bahkan, walaupun bumi melahirkannya. (53)”
Source: Assalamualaikum, Beijing!
“Sejarah terbentuk dari siklus. Riwayat berputar seperti roda gerobak sapi. Masa baik datang, tapi nanti masa buruk menggantikan. Bila itu terjadi, bagaimana pun baiknya manusia, malapetaka tak akan terelakkan .”
Source: Catatan Pinggir 1
“Sejarah yang baik akan memberi inspirasi bagi masa kini dan menjadikan kita lebih memahami posisi dan apa yang sedang terjadi di sekitar kita saat ini.”
“Sejarah yang difalsifikasi akan membebani para sejarawan sendiri kerana mereka harus membersihkan sejarah dari berbagai deviasi, intervensi dan manipulasi supaya lebih mendekati realitas objektif.”
Source: Historiografi Islam: Dari Klasik Hingga Modern
“Sejatinya Banda bagi kami adalah pengharapan, tempat asa dan cita kami gantungkan demi hidup yang lebih mulia.”
“Sejatinya kebenaran dan kebaikan hanya akan jadi benalu jika disampaikan dengan cara-cara yang buruk.
Pula sebaliknya, kejahatan dan kebohongan juga akan dipandang sebagai suatu keabsahan jika disampaikan dengan cara-cara yang elok.”
“Sejatinya, seseorang yang ingin diselamatkan dan berharap seseorang mengulurkan tangan untuk meraihnya, memiliki waktu yang terbatas. Ya, waktu terbatas sebelum keputusasaan dan depresi merenggut nyawanya.”
Source: BTS X ARMY In the Love Maze
“Sejauh apapun kau mencoba berjalan meninggalkan masa lalu, tetap saja meninggalkan jejak di tanah yang basah”
“Sejauh ini mimpi hanya berarti kesedihan dan ketakutan bagiku. Mimpi bukan bunga tidur. Mimpi hanya membuatku tak berdaya dan lelah.”
Source: Man's Defender