Quotes About Present

I've noticed if you look too far ahead, it only works negatively on you.

I've been bothered about time generally and our tripartite division of time into past, present, and future. I think I know what the past is, and I think I know what future is, but I'm really not comfortable with the notion of present.

I have no desire to write historical anything or futuristic anything - I want to find a way to get at the essence of what it's like to be alive now. The reason why great novels from centuries ago are still great is because that's what they were doing; it's like a message from another culture.

The future is always beginning now.

You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before.

People like things they can do now, not just think about.

I think being completely authentic about the time you live in is something that I would view as a career-long objective - to find out what is authentically this moment.

Luckily with '24,' for the most part, each moment is so intense, and your objective is all about that moment right then.

Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.

I don't think about why I do what I do, or why I started doing what I do, because I'm so obsessed with doing it right now, and what it means to me right now.

oh life to live, life already lived, time that comes back in a swell of sea, time that recedes without turning its head, the past is not past, it is still passing by, flowing silently into the next vanishing moment

Die ewige Gegenwart der Götter

A história é um conhecimento que se situa entre a ciência propriamente dita e a poesia. O saber histórico não é quantitativo, nem o historiador pode descobrir leis históricas. O historiador descreve como o cientista e tem visões como o poeta. (...) A história nos dá uma compreensão do passado e, por vezes, do presente. Mais do que um saber, é uma sabedoria.

Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.

I will live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.

pirmiausia reikia stengtis gyventi dabar, ši? akimirk?. Ta?iau vien gyventi maža. Žmogus privalo išnaudoti vis? jam Dievo duot? gali?, visas galimybes.

The Scroll Marked V I will live this day as if it is my last.

Therefore, each hour of this day will I cherish for it can never return.

La vida es fácil si se vive un día, cada día, sin pensar en los ayeres ni afanarse por los mañanas

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment

The best of times is now.

I've learned not to worry about what might come next.

Balance lives in the present.