Moment

Famous quotes containing the word moment:

“He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)

“All good conversation, manners, and action, come from a spontaneity which forgets usages, and makes the moment great. Nature hates calculators; her methods are saltatory and impulsive.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“I’ve never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for—whether it’s a field, or a home, or a country.”
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)