Quotes about Present
The present moment, if you think about it, is the only time there is. No matter what time it is, it is always now.
— Marianne Williamson
The holiness of the present delivers me from the pain of yesterday.
— Marianne Williamson
The only point where eternity meets time is in the present.
— Marianne Williamson
He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past
— Henry David Thoreau
Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
— Oprah Winfrey
Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.
— Marcus Aurelius
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.
— John Newton
When we look back to the death and resurrection of Christ, God shows us in the present the enormity of his love for us, and thus warrants all our confidence in future grace. "God shows [present] his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died [past] for us" (Romans 5:8). Without the death of Christ, there would be no future grace.
— John Piper
Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.
— John Wooden
Remember that you are to live but one day at a time, that God has given you one day, and heavenly records will show how you have valued its privileges and opportunities.—My Life Today, p. 95.
— Ellen White
The importance of the Sabbath as a memorial of creation is that it keeps ever present the true reason why worship is due to God,"—because He is the Creator, and we are His creatures.
— Ellen White
What if I could learn to trust my feelings instead of asking to be delivered from them? What if I could follow one of my great fears all the way to the edge of the abyss, take a breath, and keep going? Isn't there a chance of being surprised by what happens next? Better than that, what if I could learn how to stay in the present instead of letting my anxieties run on fast-forward?
— Barbara Brown Taylor