Quotes about Present

Of how much real happiness we cheat our souls by preferring a trifle to God! We have a general intention of living religion; but we intend to begin tomorrow or next year. The present moment we prefer giving to the world.

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!

If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.

Love revels in and grows in the moment and the joy of the moment.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Actually, if you think about it, everything is really no more than idea. The past is nothing more than a memory, which is one kind of idea. The future is still a hope, another kind of idea. The present is fleeting and becomes a memory before you can put your hands on it. All ideas.

Do not allow fear to bind you up, dear one. You will only lose what you already have. Accept what is given now. ~Yeshua

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.