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title: "8 Present Change Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Present Change quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Present Change sayings and thoughts."
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> [I can give a beautiful present, and that may change the lives of people around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/i-can-give-a-beautiful-present-and-that-may-change-the-lives-of/)

[Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/riccardo-tisci-4785_beautiful_i-can-give-a-beautiful-present-and-that_542520.png)

> [“Nothing in the past can be changed or restored. But the present can change the way it is thought about. In this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-gl-ck/nothing-in-the-past-can-be-changed-or-restored-but-the-present-can/)

[Louise Glück](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-gl-ck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/louise-gl-ck-9177_presence_nothing-in-the-past-can-be-changed-or-re_1275731.png)

> [You can't go back in time.. Therefore you cant change the past.. So live up to the present and change the future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/you-can-t-go-back-in-time-therefore-you-cant-change-the-past-so-live/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/nishan-panwar-14_inspirational_you-can-t-go-back-in-time-therefore-you_1427162.jpg)

> [“We cannot change the past. We can only take action in the present and, therefore, change the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-poirot/we-cannot-change-the-past-we-can-only-take-action-in-the-present-and/)

[Ken Poirot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-poirot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/ken-poirot-4657_author-ken-poirot-qu_we-cannot-change-the-past-we-can-only-ta_1497174.jpg)

> [The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-millman/the-time-is-now-the-place-is-here-stay-in-the-present-you-can-do/)

[Dan Millman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-millman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/dan-millman-1475_change_the-time-is-now-the-place-is-here-stay-i_1821006.png)

> [“If you want to be saved from your present suffering, you must be willing to change and be changed in the present.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-egan/if-you-want-to-be-saved-from-your-present-suffering-you-must-be/)

[Kerry Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-egan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/kerry-egan-67701_abusive-relationship_if-you-want-to-be-saved-from-your-presen_2008198.jpg)

> [If you're not changing, you're not growing; you're not being present. Change is essential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-rogers/if-you-re-not-changing-you-re-not-growing-you-re-not-being-present/)

[Maggie Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-rogers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/maggie-rogers-6211_being_if-you-re-not-changing-you-re-not-growin_3038615.jpg)

> [It's funny how the present can change the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sean-greer/it-s-funny-how-the-present-can-change-the-past/)

[Andrew Sean Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sean-greer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/andrew-sean-greer-2689_change_it-s-funny-how-the-present-can-change-th_3052633.png)

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