Present Quotes

6568 Present quotes by 3495 unique authors

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be. — Eckhart Tolle
Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning. — Laozi
Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in… — David Foster Wallace
I believe that nothing is more important to our ability to effectively address our present than understanding the lessons learned from those who have come… — Charlie Gonzalez
I do not like Melbourne in its present state. — William John Wills
When you are caught in the mind, your past defines you. When you are present, you are beyond definition. — Leonard Jacobson
When you are truly present, you illuminate everything around you. — Leonard Jacobson
If we are to better the future we must disturb the present. — Catherine Booth
At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only. — John Buchanan Robinson
We are different from previous generations of conservatives... We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the… — Paul Weyrich
In language that is searing and lyrical, evocative and precise, this exceptional book thinks with the zombies, specters, felons, slaves, dogs, cadavers, and other entities… — Donna J. Haraway
I do not mean that others represent Jesus for us. I mean that Jesus actually is present in each other person — Tony Campolo
It is to be kept in mind that the generations of men do not wait for the convenience of the church in respect to their… — J. Oswald Sanders
Those who are apparently absent can feel more present than the people right in front of you. — Sylvia Brownrigg
No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future, and focus on the… — Bob Parsons
What I am trying to say is that Jesus who incarnated God 2,000 years ago is mystically present and waiting to be discovered in EVERY… — Tony Campolo
What I have to say to an inhabitant of the Earth in one hundred years is similar to what I have to say to the… — John Frusciante
The present is the funeral of the past, And man the living sepulchre of life. — John Clare
The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it. — Josef Albers
The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing… — Bianca Jagger
It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point. — Eberhard Weber
People at present think that five sons are not too many and each son has five sons also, and before the death of the grandfather… — Han Fei
Real haiku is the soul of poetry. Anything that is not actually present in one's heart is not haiku. The moon glows, flowers bloom, insects… — Santoka Taneda
Be mindful of the link between present action and desired future outcome. Ask yourself: if I repeat today’s actions 365 times, will I be where… — Roz Savage
An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a machinery that is supposed to resolve its reliability, and to… — Aldrich Ames

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