Present Quotes

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The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and… — Boris Spassky
Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition. — Hugh Prather
In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who never sacrificed a present to a… — Horace Mann
I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more… — Abraham Lincoln
I have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches… — Unknown Author
One of the commonest ailments of the present day is the premature formation of opinion. — Kin Hubbard
Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for… — Samuel Johnson
Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the… — Bob Ney
The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances. — Mignon McLaughlin
You create a good future by creating a good present. — Eckhart Tolle
A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. — B. H. Liddell Hart
We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant; but has he… — Abraham Lincoln
Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the… — Aldous Huxley
In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as being the names… — William Herschel
On the left-hand side of the field equation we may add the fundamental tensor guv, multiplied by a universal constant, -λ, at present unknown, without… — Albert Einstein
Starlight is falling on every square mile of the earth's surface, and the best we can do at present is to gather up and concentrate… — George Ellery Hale
With our present knowledge, we can respond to the challenge of stellar space flight solely with intellectual concepts and purely hypothetical analysis. Hardware solutions are… — Wernher von Braun
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old Jock. In 1858,… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before… — Jessica Lange
Life now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who asked for our… — Margaret J. Wheatley
The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past. — Matt Blunt
If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of… — Simon Conway Morris
Imagine for a moment your own version of a perfect future. See yourself in that future with everything you could wish for at this very… — Deepak Chopra
The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no… — Laozi
The Democratic line is that the Republican House does nothing but block and oppose. In fact, it has passed hundreds of bills only to have… — Charles Krauthammer

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