Present Quotes

6568 Present quotes by 3495 unique authors

Make life easier by living in the present and believing in the future. — Jonas Eriksson
A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the many young people… — Pope Francis
All human life is sunk deep in untruth; the individual cannot pull it out of this well without growing profoundly annoyed with his entire past,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the ways that our faith expresses itself is by our ability to be still, to be present, and not to panic or lose… — Tim Hansel
Balance lives in the present. The surest way to lose your footing is to focus on what dreadful things might happen. — Oprah Winfrey
The past is an interpretation. The future is on illusion. The world does not more through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding… — Shams Tabrizi
Our beliefs in a rich future life are of little importance unless we coin them into a rich present life. — Thomas Dreier
The future isn't something hidden in a corner.The future is something we build in the present. — Paulo Freire
Style is all about your individual sense of how you want to present yourself to the world. It's about loving what you've got instead of… — Stacy London
If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future. — Karl Lagerfeld
Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns and feelings when… — Scott Berkun
We are all affected by five things. But the most important thing that affects us is our dreams--our ability to see the future. But here's… — Jim Rohn
I’ve learned that a storm isn’t always just bad weather, and a fire can be the start of something. I’ve found out that there are… — Cynthia Hand
When we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist. — Epicurus
I will light candles this Christmas, Candles of joy, despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch. Candles of courage where fear is… — Howard Thurman
Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future. — Gelsey Kirkland
I can forgive a man’s past faults, his present shortcomings, and his future failures if every minute of every day he loves me like it’s… — Nicole Williams
The mind, conditioned as it is by the past, always seeks to re-create what it knows and is familiar with. Even if it is painful,… — Eckhart Tolle
Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it. — Robert Greene
There is no event so common place but that God is present within it, always hidden, always leaving you room to recognize Him or not… — Frederick Buechner
Hunger is isolating; it may not and cannot be experienced vicariously. He who never felt hunger can never know its real effects, both tangible and… — Elie Wiesel
Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds. — Pema Chodron
While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being… — Sara Sheridan
Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer is looking out from a different set of eyes, which are not comparing, competing, judging, labeling or analyzing, but receiving the moment in its… — Richard Rohr

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