Present Quotes
6568 quotes by 3662 authors
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I do not mean to be the slightest bit critical of TV newspeople, who do a superb job, considering that they operate under severe time…
— Dave Barry
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Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure.
— William Shakespeare
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Wherever she was, holy laughter was present to heal and redeem.
— Madeleine L'Engle
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Always take responsibility for your past. It is your only collateral in life. Unless you despise yourself now, you cannot despise yourself then. Everything you…
— Janet Morris
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Since after extinction no one will be present to take responsibility, we have to take full responsibility now.
— Jonathan Schell
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If death were the end, then there is no God, and there are no realised masters - it is all a pack of lies. The…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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[M]orality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority. It is rather a healthy habit pattern that you…
— Henepola Gunaratana
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It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present. It is not until you…
— Leonard Jacobson
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You get lost because you think there is somewhere to go. If you give up believing in a goal or a destination, then you cannot…
— Leonard Jacobson
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Free men and women... can think across time, viewing their own lives, inclusive of past, present, and future, as architectural wholes, static in mental space.…
— Robert Grudin
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Our present urgency is to recover a sense of the primacy of the Universe as our fundamental context, and the primacy of the Earth as…
— Thomas Berry
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Being rich/wealthy is being in touch with the fullness of life. When you are open to the present moment, what comes in, is a gratitude…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make…
— Dalai Lama
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It is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse: a blessing or a curse, not…
— George Washington
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Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality of votes. South…
— George Washington
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[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes - rejecting…
— Alexander Hamilton
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There is at this present juncture, a certain fermentation of mind, a certain activity of speculation and enterprise which if properly directed may be made…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all…
— Calvin Coolidge
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My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is such that certain…
— Henry Ford
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You create a good future by creating a good present. How do you do that? By recognizing the goodness that is already inherent in the…
— Eckhart Tolle
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