Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future. Votes: 3
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonEverything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere. Votes: 1
Twyla TharpTheatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone. Votes: 1
Simon McBurneyMy future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future. Votes: 1
Vladimir HorowitzNo reproach is like that we clothe in a smile, and present with a bow.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonBe always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThose who have no hope for a future life are already dead for the present one.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGuilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIn the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.
James Russell LowellThe present is a powerful deity. [Ger., Die Gegenwart ist eine machtige Gottin.]
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFor a person who lives 100 years in the future, the present comes as no surprise.
Viktor SchaubergerEverything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.
Alice Herz-SommerI can face anything, except the future, and certain parts of the past and present.
Ashleigh BrilliantThe present is no more exempt from the sneer of the future than the past has been.
Cassius Jackson KeyserThe disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.
Gilbert K. ChestertonGreat has been our past, wonderful is our present, and glorious can be our future.
Gordon B. HinckleyTake a new look at your present "impossible." Consider positive ways to handle it.
Norman Vincent PealeThe man who will present Christ to others must be occupied with Christ for Himself.
Charles Henry MackintoshAbove all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.
Francois FenelonThe present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
Franz GrillparzerThe endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.
Honore de BalzacThe very freedom and expressiveness we find missing in life we find present in art.
Nicholas WolterstorffAbsorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.
Richard M. WeaverParliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.
Arthur Scargillthe two major parties too often present us with a choice of the evil of two lessers.
Patricia IrelandIf there's anything I can do, it's to present an alternative vision for the country.
Richard Di NataleTelevision in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.
Richard M. NixonDo the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.
Seneca the YoungerAs long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.
Vanessa ParadisFor a true artist, difficulties become opportunities and clouds become solid present.
Alejandro JodorowskyFor he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.
Alexander PopeSay goodbye to golden yesterdays: or your heart will never learn to love the present.
Anthony de MelloOur present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.
Chester W. NimitzHe that would earn the Poet's sacred name, Must write for future as for present ages.
Christopher Pearse CranchI practice yoga every day. The practice calms my spirit, and allows me to be present.
Giancarlo EspositoIn order to begin an analysis, there must already be a synthesis present in the mind.
Johan HuizingaI love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything.
Michael JacksonIn zazen, one is one's present self, what one was, and what one will be, all at once.
Peter MatthiessenIgnorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present.
Samuel JohnsonSexual harassment legislation in its present form makes all men unequal to all women.
Warren FarrellOft the cloud that wraps the present hour serves but to brighten all our future days.
William BrowneAlways, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one
Aiden Wilson TozerConnecting to the feelings in your body brings you back into present-moment awareness.
Deepak ChopraThe meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.
Henry David ThoreauYou might be a redneck if your anniversary present was getting the septic tank pumped.
Jeff FoxworthyI came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.
Klemens von MetternichGod is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field.
Martin LutherIf you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently?
Robert BreaultMen are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.
Robert HerrickWhat we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation.
Alfred North WhiteheadThrough it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanI really believe in the value of just being more present with the people you're around.
Clayton SnyderThe temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal.
Ezra Taft BensonI always live in the present. I never dream about what might happen. Why? It might not.
Fernando TorresSpeech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.
Isaac of NinevehThe full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes.
John Desmond BernalI love to think that the day you're born, you're given the world as a birthday present.
Leo BuscagliaI believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you're with.
Morrie SchwartzI steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.
Nicholas SparksI'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.
Paula BroadwellPresent yourself always As who you would be, And that is the person The world will see.
Robert BreaultThe presence of the present has become insistent, undeniable, and I dare not look away.
Wendell BerryPast is dead Future is uncertain; Present is all you have, So eat, drink and live merry.
Albert EinsteinEverything flows with much greater ease when people live as one with the present moment.
Eckhart TollePeople are unaware that spirits even exist, let alone that angels are present with them.
Emanuel SwedenborgChildren have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.
Jean de la BruyereRunning is my addiction. It's always present. I'm constantly thinking about my next run.
Jeff CorwinI would tell people to enjoy the present moment and the journey rather than the outcome.
Judith HillInaction and indecision in the present is because of fear of consequences of the future.
L. Ron HubbardThere must be vistas flying out beyond, that promise more than present conditions yield.
Lewis Howard LatimerAccountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future.
Paul OrfaleaBecause I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present".
Paulo CoelhoIt's what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.
Paulo CoelhoMay the Child Jesus be the star that guides you through the desert of your present life.
Pio of PietrelcinaHe cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.
Ralph Waldo EmersonYou could not be born at a better period than the present, when we have lost everything.
Simone Weildead in the mind, meanin you're present but your ignorance only makes ur presense worse!
Sister SouljahFaithfulness to the moment and to the present circumstance entails continuous surrender.
Stephen NachmanovitchThe meaning of life is found in openness to being and "being present" in full awareness.
Thomas MertonHow real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to make the present possible...
William GaddisPassions are like storms which, full of present mischief, serve to purify the atmosphere.
Andrew Michael RamsayThe present is where we get lost - if we forget our past and have no vision of the future
Ayi Kwei ArmahIt was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that it humbles the present.
David LevithanWhen three generations are present in a family, one of them is bound to be revolutionary.
Elise M. BouldingAt present I am light, now I fly, now I see myself below me, now a god dances through me.
Friedrich NietzscheEternal life is personal existence in continuity with the present life, but transfigured.
Georgia HarknessThe immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.
Helen SuzmanThe past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present.
James FreyVery few men, properly speaking, live at present, but are providing to live another time.
Jonathan SwiftI don't know who came up with this push present idea, but I think it's probably a female.
Josh DuhamelFor me the present is merged in eternity. I may not sacrifice the latter for the present.
Mahatma GandhiIt's not a matter of rejection (of Israel's existence). Israel is here, present by power.
Mahmoud al-ZaharIt is the link from the present to the past that gives us a spirit to address the future.
Midge CostanzaWelcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.
Pema ChodronThose who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI believe that when we are fully present, we not only live well, we live well for others.
Terry Tempest WilliamsI have felt lately, more and more, that my present way of living is bad in every respect.
Thomas HardyThere's only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.
Albert J. NockThe present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
Blaise PascalWe Canadians need, as a country, to be much more present globally than we have been today.
Chris AlexanderThe more you expand your awareness, the more naturally you will be present without effort.
Deepak ChopraWhen you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.
Eckhart TolleTo listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present.
Eckhart TolleLampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays.
Edmund WallerWhen you're writing about something that happened, it helps you transition to the present.
George W. BushFaith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen.
J. Oswald SandersThe best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.
James M. KouzesWho will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
John HeywoodYou have absorb'd me. I have a sensation at the present moment as though I was dissolving.
John KeatsTo those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.
John OwenIf youâre truly present in this moment, then you are a Buddha. At least for this moment!
Leonard JacobsonPast and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.
Marcus AureliusWhen one misses an opportunity one is apt to fancy that another will never present itself.
Marie BashkirtseffImprovise when obstacles present themselves. Happy accidents are magic! Have an open mind.
Matthew BonifacioExchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.
Maya AngelouThe clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.
Paul SchraderAll nations have present, or past, or future reasons for thinking themselves incomparable.
Paul ValeryTo be absent from the iPhone is to be present in the moment. Ignore it. Make some friends.
Phil CallawayTechnology at present is covert philosophy; the point is to make it overtly philosophical.
Philip E. AgreThe real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.
Robert HoldenAt Christmas time I sat on Santa's lap. His fly was open ! Boy what a present he gave me !
Rodney DangerfieldWe need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.
Teresa of AvilaWe must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.
Thomas S. MonsonThe balancing of present wants against the future is really the central problem of ethics.
Walter LippmannPrayer infuses the air of a time yet to be into the suffocating atmosphere of the present.
Walter WinkRather than compare yourself to others, compare your present progress with your potential.
William Cranch BondTo sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
Abraham Joshua HeschelThe system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit.
Alexander HamiltonAt present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
Benjamin DisraeliLove leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again.
Charles Godfrey LelandYou can't base your life on the past or the present. You have to tell me about your future.
Chuck PalahniukChallenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action.
Eckhart TolleThat which is lacking in the present world is a profound knowledge of the nature of things.
Frithjof SchuonI find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present.
Helen KellerEvery moment you steal from the present is a moment you've lost forever. There is only now.
Jeanette WintersonWe are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
Marcel ProustWe may make our future by the best use of the present. There is no moment like the present.
Maria EdgeworthThe eternity of the spirit does not begin after death ... but is, like God, always present.
Moses HessSuccess in the present is only achieved when you put your focus where you want your future.
Myles MunroeIn art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be.
Pablo PicassoThe stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.
Amelia EarhartRewrite your major goals every day, in the present tense, exactly as if they already existed
Brian TracyEvery present moment will offer itself as a window onto eternity, a doorway to the infinite.
Deepak ChopraWhen you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.
Eckhart TolleAll negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present.
Eckhart TolleTo the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.
Eckhart TolleTrend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now
Ed SeykotaAppeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present.
Edward SaidLife can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
Gautama BuddhaWithin this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.
Gautama BuddhaYou have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present.
Germany KentIt is not wise to neglect the present for the future, for who knows what the future will be?
H. Rider HaggardThe future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke
Ira GershwinWithout speculation there can be no economic activity reaching beyond the immediate present.
Ludwig von MisesI will try to live up to expectations of people; will present report card to people in 2019.
Narendra ModiTransformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in the present moment
Nhat HanhAll Juleps are made for present use, and therefore it is in vain to speak of their duration.
Nicholas CulpeperI don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.
Paloma FaithJust as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation.
Paramahansa YoganandaThe present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules.
Richard P. FeynmanThe present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.
Robert Green IngersollThose who are apparently absent can feel more present than the people right in front of you.
Sylvia BrownriggPublication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.
Vannevar BushThe future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
W. Somerset MaughamWorry is discounting possible future sorrows so that the individual may have present misery.
William George JordanHistory dies without the present. There is no future without the path made to it by the past.
Aidan ChambersDo battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.
Andy AndrewsThe present no matter what I brought couldnât change the past. The Past was set and sealed.
Ann BrasharesLove is content with the present, it hopes for the future and it doesn't brood over the past.
Ann LandersIn December people give no thought to the Past or the Future. They thing only of the Present.
Carolyn WellsLife is going to present you with tons of problems, it's what you do about them that matters.
Cat ZinganoThe best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present.
Deepak ChopraIt is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.
EpictetusThe place where...knowledge occurs is the present. That which recognizes the present is mind.
Fred Alan WolfWe create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they be.
Lewis Howard LatimerTo the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.
Robert Green IngersollThey who look but little into futurity, have, perhaps, the quickest sensation of the present.
Samuel Johnson... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age.
Saul BellowWe must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.
Solanus CaseyThere is something far more important than your present situation - your dream and your goal.
T. B. JoshuaThe Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.
Washington IrvingFor we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
William ShakespeareThe present is what slips by us while we're pondering the past and worrying about the future.
Ziggy MarleyWell, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints. Votes: 1 Bobby McFerrin
Come in, -- come in! and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before! Votes: 5 Charles Dickens
WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States. Votes: 3 Peter T. King
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Votes: 3 Lucius Annaeus Seneca
To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present. Votes: 1 Bo Bennett
To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present. Votes: 3 Bo Bennett
My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future. Votes: 2 Vladimir Horowitz
The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today. Votes: 3 Harriet Beecher Stowe
Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves. Votes: 3 George Eliot
There is a lot I could have anticipated but I live in present & there is no anticipation to it, I wish I had a time machine Votes: 3 Pushpa Rana
The art of life is to live in the present moment Votes: 3 Emmet Fox
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. Votes: 2 Winston Churchill
Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. Votes: 3 Gail Buckley
Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread. Votes: 2 H. P. Lovecraft
For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity. Votes: 3 C. S. Lewis
The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values. Votes: 2 Christopher Dawson
Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread. Votes: 2 H. P. Lovecraft
Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste? Votes: 3 David R. Brower
I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends. Votes: 1 Colin Firth
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy. Votes: 1 William Wilberforce
NOW is All There is & the Future is Just Another Present Moment to Live when it Arrives Votes: 4 Wayne Dyer
Only the human heart can live in present moment awareness. The human mind cannot, because its essential nature is to ponder the past and plan the future. This is why all wise beings encourage us to go beyond the mind into the timeless, boundless transcendence of heart-centered awareness. Votes: 3 David Simon
I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore. Votes: 2 Caity Lotz
There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire. Votes: 1 Gamal Abdel Nasser
In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense. Votes: 1 Kevin Systrom
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present. Votes: 1 Victor Hugo
Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future. Votes: 1 David Whyte