Quotes About Present

A man must not choose his neighbor: he must take the neighbor that God sends him…. The neighbor is just the man who is next to you at the moment, the man with whom any business has brought you into contact.

Surely this youth will not serve our ends,' said I, 'for he weeps.' The old woman smiled. 'Past tears are present strength,' said she. 'Oh!' said my brother, 'I saw you weep once over an eagle you shot.' 'That was because it was so like you, brother,' I replied; 'but indeed, this youth may have better cause for tears than that—I was wrong.' 'Wait

The sin he dwells in, the sin he will not come out of, is the sole ruin of a man. His present, his live sins, those pervading his thoughts and ruling his conduct; the sins he keeps doing, and will not give up; the sins he is called to abandon, and clings to; the same sins which are the cause of his misery, though he may not know it, these are they for which he is even now condemned.

Quien con­tro­la el pa­sa­do —decía la con­sig­na del Par­ti­do— con­tro­la el fu­tu­ro. Quien con­tro­la el pre­sen­te con­tro­la el pa­sa­do

Life's here to be lived, and if we're going to be in the soup next week - well, next week is a long way off.

I'm not interested in the next generation, dear. I'm interested in us .' - Julia

Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date.

It was all nonsense, as they both knew. In reality there was no escape. Even the one plan that was practicable, suicide, they had no intention of carrying out. To hang on from day to day and from week to week, spinning out a present that had no future, seemed an unconquerable instinct, just as one's lungs will always draw the next breath so long as there is air available.

Å»y? nawet tak, z dnia na dzieÅ" i z tygodnia na tydzieÅ", wci?? w tera?niejszoÅ›ci i bez ?adnych widoków na przyszÅ'o??, nakazywaÅ' im instynkt równie niemo?liwy do przezwyci??enia jak ten, który wprawia w ruch pÅ'uca, dopóki w powietrzu jest cho? odrobina tlenu.

Either the future would resemble the present, in which case it would not listen to him: or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless.

Quien controla el pasado —decía la consigna del Partido— controla el futuro. Quien controla el presente controla el pasado.»

Quien controla el pasado", decía el lema del Partido, "controla el futuro: quien controla el presente controla el pasado".

Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered.

quien controla al pasado controla al futuro. quien controla el presente controla al pasado.

Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In

The contours of the coming disaster expanded to include the deaths of all present.

There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down / until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.

No morn has ever dawned more favourably than ours did; and no day was ever more clouded than the present. Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.

How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now. And that there will never be a time when it is not now.

That makes it more difficult to speak of the past, because the memories are apt to turn into the living present.

Geologic time includes now.

If you stay present and don't look too far ahead - or in the rearview mirror - everything will work out.

A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.

There are always myriad choices in life - some work out, some don't, and you just have to focus on the present.