Present Quotes

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These tenses-past, present and future-are not the tenses of time; they are tenses of the mind. That which is no longer before the mind becomes… — Rajneesh
Examine the present and learn from the past to see how the future will unfold. Too often we just look at the present and base… — Shinjo Ito
Live in the present as if the future is going to become the past that you have changed. — Philip K. Jason
In the past we have had a light which flickered, in the present we have a light which flames, and in the future there will… — Winston Churchill
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences… — John Dewey
The river is everywhere at the same time . . . everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past,… — Hermann Hesse
Try to find the real tense of the report you are reading: Was it done, is it being done, or is something to be done?… — Unknown Author
The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. The present contains all that there is. It is… — Alfred North Whitehead
Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my… — Isaac Watts
Marriage is an effort to legalize love. It is out of fear. It is thinking about the future, about the tomorrows. Man always thinks of… — Rajneesh
I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the happiness of his… — Gouverneur Morris
In the West, marriage is collapsing because it is based on love. And a marriage that is based on love is bound to fail. There… — Rajneesh
Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend - if you have one. Telegram inviting Winston Churchill to opening… — George Bernard Shaw
It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by… — George B. Cortelyou
Obviously, a man's judgement cannot be better than the information on which he has based it. Give him the truth and he may still go… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger
At George Mason University I saw Hoppe present a lecture in which he claimed that Ludwig von Mises had set the intellectual foundation for not… — Tom G. Palmer
An Atlas, whose back is bowed and whose hands are busy holding up the world, has no arms to lift to deal with his own… — Murray Rothbard
Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present in any organization. — Bruce Kent
For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e'en the past enjoy. — Alexander Pope

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