Quotes About Present

Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

I have learned in life that the best thing you can do to create a great future for yourself is don't forget what's in front of you. And so I'm trying to do a great job at HUD.

There is no greater gift than time.

The greatest thing about a coaching position is this: You just worry about the day in front of you.

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.

Don't worry about the past and don't try to figure out the future

A book is a gift you can read again and again.

Happy to Be Here

I've put away the clock and now I enjoy the time.

I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday. They insist on bringing into today the failures of yesterday, and in so doing, they pollute a potentially wonderful present.

Sunt absolut uluit cat de multi oameni isi strica ziua de azi pentru ziua de ieri. Ei insista sa readuca in discutie neajunsurile zilei de ieri si in felul acesta distrug si ziua minunata care ar putea fi azi.

None of us have the promise of tomorrow. We only have right now to speak life-giving, encouraging words to show our love. — Peggy Morris —

Estoy sorprendido de cómo muchos individuos estropean cada nuevo día con el ayer. Insisten en traer hoy los fracasos del ayer y, al hacerlo, contaminan un presente maravilloso en potencia.

You may not be able to rejoice over the past or over your present situation, but you can rejoice that God has given you the ability to use this day for good.

Some good questions to ask yourself are, What can I do today that may improve my situation? What do I need to pray about today? With whom do I need to talk today? What action do I need to take today? God has entrusted to you only the present, and wise use of today is all that he expects.

We each live in our own time...And we must do the best we can with our time. Those who came before weren't as lucky as us and we aren't as lucky as some who may come later. We must still live in our own time and do the best we can.

The novel was set in an unspecified near future, because setting a novel in the present in a time of unprecedented technological and social dislocation seemed to me shortsighted.... To write a book set in the present, circa 2013, is to write about the distant past.

This won't last forever, but it's wonderful while it's happening.

Just as the room of the Inquisitor in Dr. Talos's play, with its high judicial bench, lurked somewhere at the lowest level of the House Absolute, so we have each of us in the dustiest cellars of our minds a counter at which we strive to repay the debts of the past with the debased currency of the present.

pain … the chain forged to bind us to the eternal present, …

we have each of us in the dustiest cellars of our minds a counter at which we strive to repay the debts of the past with the debased currency of the present.

so we have each of us in the dustiest cellars of our minds a counter at which we strive to repay the debts of the past with the debased currency of the present.

The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment. But the present now is different from the present then.

Your body is the piece of the universe you've been given; as long as you have a pulse, it presents you with an ongoing shower of immediate sensate experiences.