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title: "11 Focus Present Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Focus Present quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Focus Present sayings and thoughts."
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> [I focus on the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shastri/i-focus-on-the-present/)

[Ravi Shastri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shastri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/ravi-shastri-4954_anger_i-focus-on-the-present-946201_946201.png)

> [I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/i-steeled-myself-to-focus-only-on-the-present-yet-remain-alert-to/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/nicholas-sparks-93_focus_i-steeled-myself-to-focus-only-on-the-pr_252271.jpg)

> [“Focus on the present. Embrace YOLN = You Only Live Now”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-christian-trejo/focus-on-the-present-embrace-yoln-you-only-live-now/)

[E. Christian Trejo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-christian-trejo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/e-christian-trejo-87854_yolo_focus-on-the-present-embrace-yoln-you-on_2030970.jpg)

> [Focus on the present and the past will take care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/focus-on-the-present-and-the-past-will-take-care-of-itself/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/anonymous-1_anger_focus-on-the-present-and-the-past-will-t_126024.jpg)

> [With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-systrom/with-instagram-the-focus-is-on-the-present-tense/)

[Kevin Systrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-systrom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/kevin-systrom-12507_focus_with-instagram-the-focus-is-on-the-prese_2053980.png)

> [Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-lynn/take-each-day-as-it-comes-and-focus-on-the-present-moment/)

[Vera Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-lynn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/vera-lynn-5643_day_take-each-day-as-it-comes-and-focus-on-t_2147034.jpg)

> [It's just always wonderful to have a director who encourages you so much to focus on the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-plummer/it-s-just-always-wonderful-to-have-a-director-who-encourages-you-so/)

[Charlie Plummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-plummer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/charlie-plummer-22296_always_it-s-just-always-wonderful-to-have-a-dir_2231825.jpg)

> [Focus in your present, not in your past or future Be happy for what you have today, rather than be sad about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/farah-mustafa/focus-in-your-present-not-in-your-past-or-future-be-happy-for-what/)

[Farah Mustafa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/farah-mustafa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/farah-mustafa-8726_future_focus-in-your-present-not-in-your-past-o_955887.jpg)

> [Now why would you want to bring up the past? Makes no damn sense. Focus on the present. Leave the past behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/now-why-would-you-want-to-bring-up-the-past-makes-no-damn-sense-focus/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/anonymous-1_leave-the-past-behin_now-why-would-you-want-to-bring-up-the-p_841317.jpg)

> [The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-mekas/the-nature-of-the-video-camera-really-makes-you-focus-on-the-present/)

[Jonas Mekas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonas-mekas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/jonas-mekas-12648_about_the-nature-of-the-video-camera-really-ma_177271.png)

> [I try to focus on the present, what I'm doing now. I feel like the best design I can have is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demi-moore/i-try-to-focus-on-the-present-what-i-m-doing-now-i-feel-like-the-best/)

[Demi Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demi-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/demi-moore-6274_awareness_i-try-to-focus-on-the-present-what-i-m-d_1502529.jpg)

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