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 | If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 20 likes |
 | Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 12 likes |
 | There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 11 likes |
 | Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 8 likes |
 | There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 7 likes |
 | Nothing is worth more than this day. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 7 likes |
 | Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift... that's why they call it the present. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 5 likes |
| Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 5 likes |
 | Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 5 likes |
 | Simpletons talk of the past, wise men of the present, and fools of the future. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 5 likes |
 | Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 5 likes |
 | Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. — Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism 5 likes |
 | We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 4 likes |
 | Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 4 likes |
 | One today is worth two tomorrows. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 3 likes |
 | I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. — Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer 3 likes |
 | Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
| We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 3 likes |
 | It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 3 likes |
 | If we combine the dark past with the bright future, we will have the gray present. — Yevgeny Kaseyev, contemporary Russian author of maxims 3 likes |
 | The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present moment: the animal is the present incarnate. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 2 likes |
 | Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 2 likes |
 | Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why. — Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer 2 likes |
 | It is now, and in this world, that we must live. — André Gide, 1869-1951, French writer, Nobel 1947 2 likes |
 | There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 2 likes |
 | I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 2 likes |
 | NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged. — Sinclair Lewis, 1885-1951, American writer, Nobel 1930 1 likes |
 | The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. — Guy de Maupassant, 1850-1893, French writer 1 likes |
 | Life is so fluid that one can only hope to capture the living moment, to capture it alive and fresh without destroying that moment. — Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French writer 1 likes |
 | The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory. |
| The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. |
| Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. |
 | Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. |
 | It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow. |
 | Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment. |
 | We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. |
 | Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now. |
 | I discovered the secret of writing: live in the present moment. Do not fantasize about possible response because you cannot know the future. |
 | Yesterday is but a memory, Tomorrow an uncharted course, So live today so it will be a memory without remorse. |
 | The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality. |
 | Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. |
 | It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future. |
 | Forever is composed of nows. |
 | Live in the present and leave the past for the future. |
Quotes in Verse
 | Enjoy the present smiling hour, And put it out of Fortune's power. 4 likes |
 | Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet. |
Ancient Greek
 | The now is a sort of a middle thing. Το νυν εστι μεσότης τις. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
 | Arrange your life according to present conditions. Επί τοις παρούσι τον βίον διάπλεκε. 4 likes |
Special Quotes
 | Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow. — Sundial motto 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | The present is terrifying because it is irreversible and because it is of iron. — from the film Alphaville (1965) 5 likes |
