Quotes About Present

I'd need to accept that his future and mine, his present and mine, were now separate and that all we had left in common was our history.

I've lost more than my relationship in the present. I've lost my relationship in the future. We tend to think that the future happens later, but we're creating it in our minds every day. When the present falls apart, so does the future we had associated with it. And having the future taken away is the mother of all plot twists. But if we spend the present trying to fix the past or control the future, we remain stuck in place, in perpetual regret.

You won't get today back. And the days were flying by.

we're all time-traveling into the future and at exactly the same rate: sixty minutes per hour.

I've been watching his future unfold while I stay frozen in the past. But if I live in the present, I'll have to accept the loss of my future.

early experiences inform who they are as adults so that they can separate the past from the present

I would have to cope with not knowing what my future held, manage my worry, and focus on living now.

You'll turn thirty or forty or fifty anyway, whether your hours are finished or not," she said. "What does it matter what age you are when that happens? Either way, you won't get today back." We all went quiet. You won't get today back.

You'll turn thirty or forty or fifty anyway, whether your hours are finished or not," she said. "What does it matter what age you are when that happens? Either way, you won't get today back." We all went quiet. You won't get today back. What a chilling idea.

Spend less time on his future, more on my present." Wendell nods,

Looking death in the eye would force them to live more fully—not in the future, with some long list of goals, but right now.

When the present falls apart, so does the future we had associated with it. But if we spend the present trying to fix the past or control the future, we remain stuck in place, in perpetual regret.

rule of four when it came to gift giving—something you want and something you need, something to wear and something to read.

Pay attention to your breathing," she chided. "Not my butt.

Letting go of the hurt and embracing the love and the people we have in the present moment is the key to happiness. Never forget this, my loves.

In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's.

People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you never really enjoy anything very much because your mind is always pulling you on to the next desire and the next after that. When you let go of desire, then you're free to enjoy whatever is right in front of you.

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

Today is not forever.

His eternity may be defined as that perfection of God whereby He is elevated above all temporal limits and all succession of moments, and possesses the whole of His existence in one indivisible present

O, laat het verleden herinnering zijn, heilige herinneringen, goudene herinneringen, maar zie nu aan het heden! O, laat het heden je troosten, het heden, klein, nederig en arm.

Those who talk about the future are scoundrels. It is the present that matters. To evoke one's posterity is to make a speech to maggots.

Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.

I cannot drug my life with the present moment; The present moment may rape--but all in vain-- The future, for the future remains a virgin Who must be tried again.