Quotes About Present

My friend, let us enjoy the present and give no thought to the evils of the future.

Recuando no passado, esqueço o presente; percorrendo livre e independente a História, esqueço-me de que estou preso

Pensando all'ideale dimenticò il presente e con la filosofia dimenticò d'essere prigioniero.

L'avenir est à Dieu, le présent est à nous, mais le passé est au néant.

After this, satisfied with the way in which he had conducted himself at Meung, without remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, he retired to bed and slept the sleep of the brave.

In the present age men are not very inclined to die in defence of their opinions, but they are rarely inclined to change them.

Through the vistas of the years every age but our own seems glamorous and golden. We yearn for the yesterdays and tomorrows, never realizing that we are faced with Hobson's Choice … that today, bitter or sweet, anxious or calm, is the only day for us. The dream of time is the traitor, and we are all accomplices to the betrayal of ourselves.

God is the God of the present as well as of the future...even here on earth, He reigneth, dispensing good and evil.

He is gone and all we have is this world, here and now.

That was history, in his opinion: that sorrow was unalterable and ever present. That tears could be preserved in the hardest granite.

It was a balancing act, to hold off quarrel and worry, the coming years, the coming months, even tomorrow morning for just whatever time it took to finish a sandwich, to drink the coffee while it was still hot. Careful now. All around them

She sat with that chewed-in yet absentminded smile on her face as if she'd been given a present she knew she would like, even if she hadn't got the wrapping off it yet.

for since Munro's chosen form is the short story, her overriding theme is brevity—look now, act now, contemplate now, because soon, very soon, this thing that involves you will be over.

Keep in mind always the present you are constructing. It should be the future you want.

For her life, like human life everywhere on the planet, had speeded up and speeded up until peace was rarely possible. Always there was movement, noise, inevitable and constant distraction [. ...] a madness had seized the earth. The madness of speed. As if to speed things up meant to actually go somewhere. And where, after all, was there to go? The present is all there ever is, no matter how much you lean forward or back.

Keep in mind always the present you are constructing. It should be the future you want. —Ola

Look closely at the Present you are Contructing, it should look like the Future you are Dreaming

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PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

Humans are often this way. They go about their lives, constantly working, complaining of boredom one minute and overwork the next. They pause only to observe the niceties of society, greeting each other with 'Good morning' while their minds are somewhere else completely.

Knowledge is so often the antidote to fear. But not here. Not now.

He had learned long ago that life became much easier if you ignored what was not right before you.

Threats for tomorrow don't cut very deep when today is so damn threatening.

There was the very slightest pause. Probably no more than a breath, for all it felt far longer. While everyone assessed the odds and the outcomes. While everyone judged just where the shifting power sat. While everything dropped into place in Dimbik's mind and, no doubt, the minds of every other person present. Just a breath, and everything was rearranged.