Quotes about Present

we can't use someone else's irresponsibility in the past as an excuse for our irresponsibility in the present. If

The long-term challenge for disciples, however, is to represent the gospel not by seeking literally to duplicate past scenes but rather by continuing to follow Jesus into the present in ways that are both faithful and (necessarily) creative.

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient.

While we live, let us live.

The most important thing in our lives is what we are doing now.

Each day should be passed as though it were our last.

To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing-here is perfection of character.

Fear of trouble, present and future, often blinds us to the numerous small blessings we enjoy, silencing our prayers of praise and thanksgiving.

Then is then. Now is now. We must grow to learn the difference.

The present moment is significant, not as the bridge between past and future, but by reason of its contents, which can fill our emptiness and become ours, if we are capable of receiving them

All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Now is the only time we own; give, love, toil with a will. And place no faith in tomorrow, for the clock may then be still.