Hopefully, the messages held in these phrases will inspire you to seize the day, too! Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. –Babe Ruth The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

My first encounter with the phrase carpe diem – seize the day – was in a Latin lesson about 50 years ago, while studying Horace. The sentiment became popular among English poets of the 17th ...

So, in 1989, as John Keating (Robin Williams) told his class in “Dead Poets Society,” “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” And make it count.

The phrase “carpe diem” (seize the day) is repeated by the boys over and over, becoming their newfound goal. By learning to pursue their dreams and reach out to one another with hopeful hands, they ...