Quotes About Moment

For an instant, silence, noisier than a waterfall.

Then a strange moment came, a moment of the kind that determines the fate of nations, because when a crowd loses its fear of an army the world changes.

A few seconds later, my father broke his big toe; but his accident was a mere trifle when set beside what had befallen me in that benighted moment, because thanks to the occult tyrannies of those blandly saluting clocks I had been mysteriously handcuffed to history, my destinies indissolubly chained to those of my country.

This is how history moves; the obsession of one moment is relegated to the junkyard of oblivion by the next.

For an instant, silence, nosier than a waterfall.

A life always contains a peak. A moment that makes it worthwhile.

How we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the character of our experience and, therefore, the quality of our lives. Mystics and contemplatives have made this claim for ages—but a growing body of scientific research now bears it out.

The reality of your life is always now. And to realize this, we will see, is liberating. In fact, I think there is nothing more important to understand if you want to be happy in this world.

If there is any kernel of truth in the religions we so deplore,and they are just a carnival of errors,the truth is that it's possible to sink into the present moment in such a way as to find it sacred and to cease to have a problem.

Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged.

It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.

In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.

I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.

God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the minute.

O that one unguarded moment! / Were it mine to live again, / All the strength of its temptation / Would appeal to me in vain.

Don't wait for life to happen

Worry is worthless. It can't change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment.

When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.

It's hard in daily life. It's even harder in management because it's the stress of the moment.

Even in a moment of stress, you can say, "OK, can I enjoy the doing itself? Can I enjoy the flow of energy of this moment?" And of course you can!

There's surprising relief and regeneration in finding ourselves within a moment of genuine grace, however small or temporary it may be.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in the game.