Quotes about Present

This life is the one to be lived now, that much is crystal-clear. What did Thoreau supposedly say—'One world at a time'?

John Wooden focused almost entirely on improvement in the present moment. He let the score—winning—take care of itself. Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

and remind you that you are here now, and that when you get there, you will be there. If you miss the here, you are likely also to miss the there. If your mind is not centered here, it is likely not to be centered just because you arrive somewhere else.

The only way we have of influencing the future is to own the present, however we find it.

This has everything to do with holding the present moment in its fullness without imposing anything extra on it, perceiving its purity and the freshness of its potential to give rise to the next moment.

Acceptance of the present moment has nothing to do with resignation in the face of what is happening. It simply means a clear acknowledgment that what is happening is happening. Acceptance doesn't tell you what to do. What happens next, what you choose to do, that has to come out of your understanding of this moment.

By taking a few moments to "die on purpose" to the rush of time while you are still living, you free yourself to have time for the present. By "dying" now in this way, you actually become more alive now.

things already are perfect, perfectly what they are.

Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.

Though we cannot experience our life as an endless present, we are eternal in God's eyes; that is, in our deepest reality.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.