The Present Quotes
Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than what has taken place in your past.
... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.
You can’t worry about the yesterdays or even the todays. All you can think of are the tomorrows. They are what keep you going when your life seems to be falling apart. Trust me on this.
Each age selects its own geniuses from the past to suit its own needs. It's always been that way.
Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future.
When trees fall on trees, the topmost tree must first be removed before others. Don't be too concerned about the problems of the past. What matters most is the challenge at hand now!
My past takes no hostages, no prisoners. I've let go of yesterday and am free to receive the beautiful gift of the present.
Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why you are where you are.
When we walk with knowledge in our present and wisdom from our past we are able to discern how to prepare for tomorrow". HS/el
The past is far behind. If you still want to look at it, you will painfully stretch your neck muscles. Don't live in the past, leave the past, but learn from it.
Don't recide in the past. Instead, refer to it, else you will remain in the remand of high demand but with low command
The future was something I had resolutely ignored. If didn't put my full attention to the day at hand, I was afraid that the impenetrable dark on the horizon would engulf me
My love for you spans over the lines of my past, present, and future. You are what I love remembering, what I love experiencing, and what I love looking forward to.
Live in the present, but live for the future.
What is our life: (Pause.) it’s looking forward or it’s looking back. And that’s our life. That’s it. Where is the moment?
Imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.
The only way for you to know that you can really make a change is by knowing the future.
It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
Dwell in the past, worry about the future and find misery in the present.
It isn't very logical to live my life on goundless supposition. I have to assume the truth of the moment is the truth of the future. - Leah
We are told we must choose — the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the
To live a more balanced life, glance at the past, live in the present, and focus on the future.
So the earth is shaking Here the word's faking As there's no time for lies. Kiss and dance all nights! In no need of balanceNothing makes sense Get it loose with no excuse. Shake and dance!
An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now.
- I believe in unlimited discovery and achievement.- I believe that dreams can become reality.- I believe in true love.- I believe in kindness and intelligence.- I trust life, regardless.
They would no longer be time-bound, that they were free to live in the future, the past, in fantasy. She had been a woman preparing to live, not living.
You start to live when you commit your life to cause higher than yourself. You must learn to depend on divine power for the fulfillment of a higher calling.
Almost all sadness comes from thinking about the past, and all worry from thinking about the future — present-mindedness is your only safe haven.
Only in the present is your mind free to do what it does best — solve problems.
When I see the promotion of nighttime street lighting to the masses, I realize the great level of incompetence that is present in governments, human health and the biological effects of light.
Love ~ Truth ~ Freedom are three words that mean the same, and none may exist without the other present.
Could anyone fully understand the wonders of how a baby develops in the womb of a woman? This is the mystery about birth. Birth is by divine power of God.
It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present.
Dipping into the pitcher of the past, his father often said, can only sour the cup of the present.
The deletion of logic is through....LoveAcceptanceForgiveness Compassion Understanding Faith in the unknownPresent Moment Living Conscious Breathing
Never give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give them a piece of your heart.
It occurred to her that all the bad parts of life, the sad parts, the frightening ones, were meant to be offset by moments and memories like this. She had to be present in it, right here, right now.
Mindfulness helps you understand that the past is gone, can’t be changed and all the lessons are already learned.
