Quotes about Present
Nothing that man can present to God by way of sacrifice can ever purchase the blessing of forgiveness.
— Charles Spurgeon
Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.
— Euripides
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.
— Thomas Monson
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am right now.
— Melody Beattie
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
— Martin Luther
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
— Walt Whitman
This seems to have been St. Augustine's very notion of "memory, " not just nostalgia for some past moment, but connecting past, present, and future in one complete contemplative knowing.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Don't focus on what's wrong. Things may not be perfect, but be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day. Live each day like it could be your last.
— Joel Osteen
Hope... is one of the ways in which what is merely future and potential is made vividly present and actual to us. Hope is the positive, as anxiety is the negative, mode of awaiting the future.
— Emil Brunner
Live every day as if they last.
— Marcus Aurelius