Quotes About Present

God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.

We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing—that He is preparing and equipping us for some extraordinary work in the future. But as we grow in His grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, at this very moment. If we have God's assurance behind us, the most amazing strength becomes ours, and we learn to sing, glorifying Him even in the ordinary days and ways of life.

You are caught in the current of unceasing change. Your life is a ripple in it. Every moment of your conscious life links the infinite past with the infinite future. Take part in both and you will not find the present empty.

I don't have the total recall that makes the ideal autobiographer, nor have I kept diaries. I have always lived very much in the present, remembering only what seemed to be worth retelling. Even that ability is now partly gone; when I try to recall more recent memories they are fewer and less clear than those of my early days.

The only way I can assure myself of the best possible future is to live as well as I can today.

Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect!

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe a moment that never was before and never will be again

To me there is no past or future in art. If a work cannot always live in the present, it must not be considered art at all.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.

It's imperative to practice conscious, moment-by-moment awareness. Otherwise, you're operating out of old encrusted beliefs, beliefs you downloaded before you were five years old. Do you really want a five-year-old running your life?

If your mind isn't cluttered by unnecessary things, this could be the best day of your life." —

I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday. If I think too much, it kind of freaks me out.

My favorite food city is wherever I happen to be eating. You know what they say, love the one you're with!

We are all late all the time even though we know the time better than ever before.

Everywhere and at all times, it is up to you to rejoice piously at what is occurring at the present moment, to conduct yourself with justice towards the people who are present here and now.4 Although

time is forever frozen in a loop of the eternal present, while life away from the board comes to seem unbearably fast-paced. They therefore constantly seek to rediscover that state of grace, that nebulous yet limpid condition of dominion, that comes only from concentrating the mind on the game.

Let us repeat. The memory of the present is juxtaposed to the perception of the present.

Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.

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...

Nada ocurre realmente en el Universo: todo está aquí y ahora".

Dispomos de um excesso de tempo que nos acaba por faltar a partir do momento em que já passou.

Since The Day, he had lived in the imperative present, not daring to plan beyond the next meal or the next day. This bit of paper tacked on peeling white paint abruptly enlarged his perspective, as if, stumbling through a black tunnel, he saw, or thought he saw, a chink of light. If Man retained faith in God, he might also retain faith in Man.

Something in me that was broken, cracked—becomes whole. The cracks, if I write them with utter honesty, are where "the light gets in." The present meets the past, and healing begins.