Focusing On The Present Quote by Paulo Coelho

“It took us a while to discover that we do effectively think, but that we more readily narrate backward in order to give ourselves…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Our minds must be capable of concentrating and living in the present moment, rather than always seeking for the past events that cannot be…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“I guess we can all look back and see things in our lives that we could or should have done differently—and better—and”

— Duff McKagan

“In the moment in which we now find ourselves, we have the ability to focus in on and do the things that serve us…

— Josh Hinds

“With best thoughts, words and actions we align our past, present and future.”

— John R. Dallas Jr

“We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if we found it too slow in coming and…

— Blaise Pascal

“We weren’t living the way we wanted because we weren’t making the choices it required. Like so many in our generation of thirtysomething parents,…

— Tsh Oxenreider

“Either we can be present in our own lives, in what we are doing here and now, focused and attentive to our immediate situation,…

— David Carlyle

“We can't go back into our past history and make changes. But we can begin this moment by setting a goal and pursuing it…

— Ellen J. Barrier

“The present was always paramount, in a way that thrust you forward: empty, but also free. Whatever stories you told over to yourself and…

— Tessa Hadley

“We remember the pains of our pasts, so we don't make the same mistakes in our futures.”

— Michael Archambault

“In a different connection, we have already spoken of the tendency there was to look into the past, to help make the present, with…

— Viktor E. Frankl