Quotes About Present

A richer present I design, A finished form, of work divine, Surpassing all the power of art; A thinking head, a grateful heart.

To do today's work well and not to bother about tomorrow is the secret of accomplishment

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort

You can't live in the past, and I don't. I'm not nostalgic about my own work, at all.

There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work.

A lot of my work comes through accidents or circumstances that just happen to present themselves. I have to realize that something is presenting itself. Otherwise it slips right by.

As you continue the work of acknowledging and claiming the gifts of your past and standing in the power of your present, you are freeing up enormous reserves of creative energy.

I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.

I'm one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I'm trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I'm doing now.

If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out.

I try to practice mindfulness at all times, including the times where I'm nervous and I'm stressed.

The BBC has a strict policy of having Clare Balding present everything.

If you're living strictly for the future or living in the past, it can make your partner feel neglected. Make yourself focus on the moment you're in.

Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what country music really is. The past, present and future is all encompassed by not only the physical structure of the building but also the radio show.

We're all struggling to get out of the past. We see something that reminds us of something, and then we bring our baggage into the present. Then we project it onto people constantly.

There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead.

You take on what's right in front of you. You want to do the best you can with the opportunities that you have.

I believe in living life organically, taking it as it comes.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Meditation is key. It's a crazy world we live in. Everything is happening so fast in our world, so to take a moment and clear the mind and just be totally present is so healing. I want to meditate more.

Part of getting other people to focus on the future rather than being myopically focused on the present is about living that way yourself and showing that you can make choices today that are about future outcomes and still be having a great time into the present and enjoying your life.

So much history buried underneath. We spend our lives to try to dig it out, but always the present buries it again.

W]e should be mucking about all the time, because mucking about is enjoying life for its own sake, now, and not in preparation for an imaginary future. It's obvious that the mirth-filled man, the cheerful soul, the childish adult is the one who has least to fear from life.

Enjoy yourself it is later than today"!