Quotes About Present

There is no comfort looking forth nor back, The present gives the lie to all her past.

The future and the past are equally meaningless because they are nebulous entities, times that do not exist, containing events which have no echo because they are gone, or which hold no import because they are yet to happen. What is important is the here and now, and now, and now, and the spaces between the nows.

There are just some kind of men ... who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one.

We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there's no tomorrow.

My belief is that we have only one life, that this is all there is.

Any feature of the world at a future time can be computed from the configuration of the present. That is, the passage of time can be replaced by a computation, which means that the future is logically a consequence of the present.

In these principles, time, in the sense of the continual becoming of the present moment, is fundamental to nature. Indeed, our experience of time's passage is the one thing we directly perceive about the world which is truly fundamental. All the rest, including the impression that there are unchanging laws, is approximate and emergent.

What you are doing on stage is the most important thing in the world at the present moment; and your memory must tell you how it is to be done.

There are many, many things that are difficult in this life, but one thing that isn't difficult at all is figuring out whether someone is excited or not when they open a present.

I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on the inside would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does. Appearance matters a great deal, because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

We want the schedule for the next five years. But God says, "Take my hand. Let's just focus on doing the next right thing.

I don't believe in yesterday, by the way.

Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.

Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

After all, the wrong is done. It is past and cannot be changed. We have only the present and the future upon which to move forward.

Every moment spent in unhappiness is a moment of happiness lost.

Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

Remember that there is only one important time and it is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person with whom you are, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making that person, the one standing at your side, happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.

There will be today, there will be tomorrow, there will be always, and there was yesterday, and there was the day before...

Remember then: there is only one time that is important-- Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. The most necessary man is he with whom you are, for no man knows whether he will ever have dealings with any one else: and the most important affair is, to do him good, because for that purpose alone was man sent into this life!