--- title: "17 Know Present Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Know Present quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Know Present sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/gypsy-rose-lee-27385_anger_this-is-my-present-you-know-my-present-f_1498970.jpg" --- > [This is my present, you know. My present from Mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gypsy-rose-lee/this-is-my-present-you-know-my-present-from-mother/) [Gypsy Rose Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gypsy-rose-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/gypsy-rose-lee-27385_anger_this-is-my-present-you-know-my-present-f_1498970.jpg) > [Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's present and when it's not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-g-bennis/trust-is-difficult-to-define-but-we-know-when-it-s-present-and-when/) [Warren G. Bennis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-g-bennis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/warren-g-bennis-3361_difficult_trust-is-difficult-to-define-but-we-know_218428.png) > [I do not know which makes aman more conservativeto know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-do-not-know-which-makes-aman-more-conservativeto-know-nothing-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/anonymous-1_things-happen-for-a_i-do-not-know-which-makes-aman-more-cons_2000313.jpg) > [“But to know that you are not present is a great success:”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/but-to-know-that-you-are-not-present-is-a-great-success/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/eckhart-tolle-81_success_but-to-know-that-you-are-not-present-is_1411329.jpg) > [We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/we-do-not-know-enough-about-how-the-present-will-lead-into-the-future-2/) [Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/gregory-bateson-7135_anger_we-do-not-know-enough-about-how-the-pres_1055412.png) > [He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-hopes-to-look-back-hereafter-with-satisfaction-upon-past/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/samuel-johnson-50_endeavour_he-that-hopes-to-look-back-hereafter-wit_243684.jpg) > [“I know the present only through the television screen, whereas I have direct knowledge of the Middle Ages.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-know-the-present-only-through-the-television-screen-whereas-i-have/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/umberto-eco-313_middle-ages_i-know-the-present-only-through-the-tele_3150213.jpg) > [Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present. It requires feeling its own pressure on your pulses without any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fussell/understanding-the-past-requires-pretending-that-you-don-t-know-the/) [Paul Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fussell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/paul-fussell-12359_exes_understanding-the-past-requires-pretendi_737030.jpg) > [“You have to appreciate where you have come from to know who you are in the present and whom you would like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truth-devour/you-have-to-appreciate-where-you-have-come-from-to-know-who-you-are/) [Truth Devour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truth-devour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/truth-devour-1592_anger_you-have-to-appreciate-where-you-have-co_1247404.jpg) > [And, as you know, the present moment is where ALL your power is. A reminder I need regularly. Maybe you too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-northrup/and-as-you-know-the-present-moment-is-where-all-your-power-is-a/) [Christiane Northrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christiane-northrup/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/christiane-northrup-7664_knows_and-as-you-know-the-present-moment-is-wh_1984377.jpg) > [Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/why-should-you-trouble-yourself-about-the-future-you-do-not-even/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/ramana-maharshi-915_care_why-should-you-trouble-yourself-about-th_325356.jpg) > [“You want to be a soothsayer, but do you know your present? Can you be a witness of each one of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lidija-stankovikj/you-want-to-be-a-soothsayer-but-do-you-know-your-present-can-you-be-a/) [Lidija Stankovikj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lidija-stankovikj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/lidija-stankovikj-64434_living-in-the-presen_you-want-to-be-a-soothsayer-but-do-you-k_202806.jpg) > [The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/the-physician-must-be-able-to-tell-the-antecedents-know-the-present/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/hippocrates-2237_able_the-physician-must-be-able-to-tell-the-a_3178671.jpg) > [Every day, we all make the critical decision of what we're going to wear, because many of the people we encounter in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cole/every-day-we-all-make-the-critical-decision-of-what-we-re-going-to/) [Kenneth Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/kenneth-cole-3800_day_every-day-we-all-make-the-critical-decis_2764218.jpg) > [One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyra-banks/one-thing-my-mom-used-to-tell-me-was-to-look-to-the-other-side-and/) [Tyra Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyra-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/tyra-banks-1220_bad_one-thing-my-mom-used-to-tell-me-was-to_880177.png) > [We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. We shall never be able to say, "Ha!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/we-do-not-know-enough-about-how-the-present-will-lead-into-the-future/) [Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/gregory-bateson-7135_able_we-do-not-know-enough-about-how-the-pres_16602.jpg) > [Man can only be certain about the present moment. But is that quite true either? Can he really know the present? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/man-can-only-be-certain-about-the-present-moment-but-is-that-quite/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/milan-kundera-120_certain_man-can-only-be-certain-about-the-presen_759950.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-present/#itemlist", "name": "Know Present Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is my present, you know. 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That decision - totally on our own terms - is a powerful one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenneth Cole" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-cole/every-day-we-all-make-the-critical-decision-of-what-we-re-going-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/kenneth-cole-3800_day_every-day-we-all-make-the-critical-decis_2764218.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/kenneth-cole-3800_day_every-day-we-all-make-the-critical-decis_2764218.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/kenneth-cole-3800_day_every-day-we-all-make-the-critical-decis_2764218.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every day, we all make the critical decision of what we're going to wear, because many of the people we…” — Kenneth Cole", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. 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