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title: "8 Present Happy Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Present Happy quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Present Happy sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Only by being present can you be happy. Too much attention to the past and the future takes the now away. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-howe/only-by-being-present-can-you-be-happy-too-much-attention-to-the-past/)

[Katherine Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-howe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/katherine-howe-28469_past_only-by-being-present-can-you-be-happy-t_266497.png)

> [“He who lives not in time, but in the present, is happy. —LUDWIG VON WITTGENSTEIN”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/he-who-lives-not-in-time-but-in-the-present-is-happy-ludwig-von/)

[William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/william-ury-16849_time_he-who-lives-not-in-time-but-in-the-pres_913371.jpg)

> [The present is never a happy state to any human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-present-is-never-a-happy-state-to-any-human-being/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/samuel-johnson-50_human_the-present-is-never-a-happy-state-to-an_2045559.png)

> [At the end of the day, right now, right here, wherever you are, you can make a choice to be present and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-lange/at-the-end-of-the-day-right-now-right-here-wherever-you-are-you-can/)

[Eric Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-lange/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/eric-lange-23474_choice_at-the-end-of-the-day-right-now-right-he_2362455.jpg)

> [Only a man who lives not in time but in the present is happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/only-a-man-who-lives-not-in-time-but-in-the-present-is-happy/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/ludwig-wittgenstein-582_happiest_only-a-man-who-lives-not-in-time-but-in_2375018.png)

> [If you live in the present, you are happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yair-rodriguez/if-you-live-in-the-present-you-are-happy/)

[Yair Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yair-rodriguez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/yair-rodriguez-6408_anger_if-you-live-in-the-present-you-are-happy_2437511.jpg)

> [Don't live in the past, don't think of the future, live in the present and be happy, even though it's a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-live-in-the-past-don-t-think-of-the-future-live-in-the-present/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/anonymous-1_future_don-t-live-in-the-past-don-t-think-of-th_2652662.jpg)

> [“If you don't learn to be happy with your present, you will never be happy with your future which would be your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/if-you-don-t-learn-to-be-happy-with-your-present-you-will-never-be/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/amit-kalantri-279_ambition_if-you-don-t-learn-to-be-happy-with-your_2888252.jpg)

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