Quotes About Present

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.

Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things--to help, or at least to do no harm.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

The best thing about the past is that it's over. The best thing about the future is that it's yet to come. The best thing about the present is that it's here now.

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

I always live in the present. I don't know the future and no longer have the past. The former oppresses me as the possibility of everything, the latter as the reality of nothing.

Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.

Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.

An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future.

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

If you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.

For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.