“We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.”
“I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.”
“The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.”
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand.”
“Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.”
“Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present -- which seldom happens to us.”
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach”
“He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.”
“Live not in yesterdays, Look back and you may sorrow. Live precisely for today, Look forward to tomorrow.”
“Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift -- which is why they call it the present.”
“Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.”
“Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have; so spend it wisely.”
“In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.”
“I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.”
“A loser seldom lives in the present, but instead destroys the present by focusing on past memories or future expectations.”
“Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass. And golden rays will usher in the dawn.”
“There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.”
“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.”
“Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act -- act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.”
“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.”
“Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.”
“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.”
“Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.”
“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.”
“Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life.”
“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.”
“I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.”
“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.”
“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.”