Quotes about Present
Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am right now.
— Melody Beattie
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
— Martin Luther
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
— Walt Whitman
This seems to have been St. Augustine's very notion of "memory, " not just nostalgia for some past moment, but connecting past, present, and future in one complete contemplative knowing.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Don't focus on what's wrong. Things may not be perfect, but be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day. Live each day like it could be your last.
— Joel Osteen
Hope... is one of the ways in which what is merely future and potential is made vividly present and actual to us. Hope is the positive, as anxiety is the negative, mode of awaiting the future.
— Emil Brunner
Live every day as if they last.
— Marcus Aurelius
The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.
— Alphonsus Liguori
Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.
— Marcus Aurelius
Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin.
— Mark Driscoll
Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
— William Law