Quotes about present

"This instant is the only time there is."

A Course In Miracles on present
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"If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable."

Ade, George on present   

"labor not after riches first, and think thou afterwards wilt enjoy them. He who neglecteth the present moment, throweth away all that he hath. As the arrow passeth through the heart, while the warrior knew not that it was"

Akhenaton on present   

"Confine yourself to the present"

Aurelius, Marcus on present
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"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."

Bacon, Francis on present
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"There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now."

Baldwin, James on present   

"The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present."

Baudelaire, Charles on present   

"No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it."

Beecher, Henry Ward on present
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"Where were you... when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons (and daughters) of God shouted for joy? [4-7, Job 38:}"

Bible on present   

"Forget the past and live the present hour."

Bolton, Sarah Knowles on present   

"Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass. And golden rays will usher in the dawn."

Bolton, Sarah Knowles on present   

"It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We are seeing what is before us."

Bradshaw, John on present   

"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present -- which seldom happens to us."

Bruyere, Jean De La on present   

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

Buddha on present
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"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past."

Carlin, George on present
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"We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our own position in it. Let us, instead of gazing idly into the obscure distance, look calmly around us, for a little, on the perplexed scene where we stand. Perhaps, on a more serious inspection, something of its perplexity will disappear, some of its distinctive characters and deeper tendencies more clearly reveal themselves; whereby our own relations to it, our own true aims and endeavors in it, may also become clearer."

Carlyle, Thomas on present   

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand."

Carlyle, Thomas on present   

"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."

Carnegie, Dale on present
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"Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto."

Carnegie, Dale on present
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"Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment."

Cezanne, Paul on present   

"We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past."

Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame on present
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"To live is so starling it leaves little time for anything else."

Dickinson, Emily on present   

"Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, you cannot live it until it does appear."

Dyer, Wayne on present   

"Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules."

Dyer, Wayne on present
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"Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed."

Dyer, Wayne on present
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"There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence."

Eckhart, Meister on present   

"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings."

Eddy, Mary Baker on present   

"Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present."

Eliot, T. S. on present
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"Today is a king in disguise."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on present   

"Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on present   

"Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future worlds."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on present   

"Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on present   

"One today is worth two tomorrows."

Franklin, Benjamin on present
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"In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead."

Fromm, Erich on present   

"Today is yesterday's pupil."

Fuller, Thomas on present   

"What is not started today is never finished tomorrow."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on present
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"Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on present   

"We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on present
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"Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach"

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on present
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"Believe that each day that shines on you is your last."

Horace on present
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