Present Moment Quotes

1. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

2. “It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.”

3. “Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.”

4. “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”

5. “The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.”

6. “There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.”

7. “The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.”

8. “Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.”

9. “Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.”

10. “The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”

11. “Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.”

12. “Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.”

13. “The present moment, if you think about it, is the only time there is. No matter what time it is, it is always now.”

14. “God isn't present in the past or future. The great 'I Am' is in the present moment. When I claim that presence, I can get through anything today.”

15. “We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.”

16. “The point of power is always in the present moment.”

17. “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.”

18. “God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.”

19. “To become mindfully aware of our surroundings is to bring our thinking back to our present moment reality and to the possibility of some semblance of serenity in the face of circumstances outside our ability to control.”

20. “Always say 'yes' to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.”

21. “A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.”

22. “We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.”

23. “Live in the present moment. The past and future are nonexistent. Only the present can be grasped or, better, embraced.”

24. “I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple.”

25. “The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not one who stages scenes with actors, it has always been about the present moment.”

26. “Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.”

27. “If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.”

28. “Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.”

29. “I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.”

30. “Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.”

31. “The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future.”

32. “What is the biggest thing that stops people from living their lives in the present moment? Fear - and we must learn how to overcome fear.”

33. “Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.”

34. “When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.”

35. “Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.”

36. “At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.”

37. “You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future.”

38. “One of the things I like about performing on the stage is that it is a kind of meditative experience. Time does stand still. You have no concept or feeling of the passing of two or three hours' time. It's all kind of one present moment, which is a kind of a description of meditation.”

39. “There are plenty of reasons to put our cellphones down now and then, not least the fact that incessantly checking them takes us out of the present moment and disrupts family dinners around the globe.”

40. “Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.”

41. “If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.”

42. “The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”

43. “The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.”

44. “Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.”

45. “My focus is to try to appreciate the present moment more and more and more.”

46. “There are certain ways in which I cultivate awareness, both through mindful yoga and taking care of my body and taking time to actually drop as deeply as possible into stillness, into whatever is unfolding in the present moment.”

47. “The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is the very sense of being, or presence, that is there when you become conscious of the present moment. In essence, you and what we call the present moment are, at the deepest level, one.”

48. “At the present moment, with little or no detail to hand, it is difficult for me to make any comment, beyond the expression of horror at the shameless haste with which the government appears to be pressing for our liquidation.”

49. “At the present moment the people of England are only three-quarters fed, and the result of this improvement in the export of our manufactures would be, that they would be entirely fed.”

50. “Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.”

51. “It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world.”

52. “The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.”

53. “Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.”

54. “The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.”

55. “Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.”

56. “My wife and I have chosen to bring up our children as vegetarians. In another time or place, we might have made a different decision. But the realities of our present moment compelled us to make that choice.”

57. “I live in the present moment.”

58. “In 'The Plato Papers' I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there's a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past.”

59. “While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.”

60. “We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.”

61. “For me, looking back is akin to being on a tightrope and looking down. It doesn't help you in the present moment to deal with what you have to deal with in order to move forward.”

62. “We've fallen into a trap of ever-widening orbits of contact, and there is a total disregard for the present moment.”

63. “From about 5 years old on, I was very contemplative and started to become constantly filled with nostalgia for the present moment and the feeling that it's always fleeting.”

64. “If you look to your past or even your present to see why you are here or what your purpose is, you may get stuck in a limited view of yourself. Instead, look beyond your years here on earth, reconnect with the divine, and bring forth your soul's legacy into the present moment.”

65. “Of how much real happiness we cheat our souls by preferring a trifle to God! We have a general intention of living religion; but we intend to begin tomorrow or next year. The present moment we prefer giving to the world.”

66. “Foreign policy exactly suits Obama's strong points as a leader, which turn out not to be giving the masses a clear sense of direction and hope, but instead exercising good judgment on a case-by-case basis while thinking many steps ahead of the present moment.”

67. “History is weirdly dismissed as not having anything to do with the present moment.”

68. “I see things about the present more clearly when I'm looking through the frame of the past: I think it's very hard to assess the present moment that we are in.”

69. “Meditation has taught me to be in the present moment and observe the present moment at the same time. Just breathe, follow your breath, and your intuition can take you from there.”

70. “There's something to be said about living in the present moment. In cooking, you're allowing your mind to just focus on the task at hand, and you're able to escape and put your mind at rest. That's why it becomes meditative.”

71. “All generations think the present moment is the greatest but also have this fascination with before their time. I do the same thing. I see old British movies. I'm like, 'Man, I would love to be in London at that time.' But then I wouldn't be able to watch 'The Walking Dead,' I wouldn't have cable, and my pizza options would be limited.”

72. “I don't like to look into the future. I just want to stay in the present moment.”

73. “When the participants of the Femina Miss India contest join the Art of Living course, we stress that they must live in the present moment and enjoy it.”

74. “I wrote Time' while I was filming 'The Umbrella Academy' and it is a tribute to the journey of my character on the show as well as to the music of My Chemical Romance, but it is also about the idea of living fully in the present moment.”

75. “It's natural and it's human to worry. But you work on your mentality so that you can enjoy the present moment instead of worrying.”