Welcome to Present Quotes – your one-stop destination for a collection of inspiring, thought-provoking, and impactful quotes on the subject of presence. In a fast-paced world filled with distractions, it’s essential to pause and appreciate the power of living in the moment. Whether you’re seeking quotes to boost your mindfulness, add depth to your presentations, or simply to share on social media, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve curated a selection of quotes that encapsulate the beauty and significance of being present in the here and now.
Below, you’ll find a diverse array of quotes that delve into the art of living in the moment, embracing mindfulness, and cherishing the present. These quotes can serve as a source of inspiration for personal growth, motivational talks, or even as captivating additions to your visual content. Whether you want to copy and paste them into your own work, combine them with images, or enhance them with stylish fonts to create visually appealing graphics, these quotes are here to empower you. So, let’s embark on a journey to explore the essence of presence through the wisdom of words. Read on and discover the transformative power of the present moment!
Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. Bil Keane
God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful. Henri Nouwen
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn
There exists only the present instant… a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence. Meister Eckhart
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. Nido Qubein
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward
I don’t believe in coincidences. I believe that things happen for a reason, and I think God has things – whether it’s good or bad – happen towards a bigger picture that you don’t necessarily understand at the present time. Goldlink
You don’t build a bond without being present. James Earl Jones
Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future. Denis Waitley
When the satisfaction or the security of another person becomes as significant to one as one’s own satisfaction or security, then the state of love exists. Under no other circumstances is a state of love present, regardless of the popular usage of the term. Harry Stack Sullivan
If we are to better the future we must disturb the present. Catherine Booth
Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. Deepak Chopra
The future is no more uncertain than the present. Walt Whitman
I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past. Virginia Woolf
Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future. Audrey Hepburn
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. Seneca
Fear is present when we forget that we are a part of God’s divine design. Learning to experience authentic love means abandoning ego’s insistence that you have much to fear and that you are in an unfriendly world. You can make the decision to be free from fear and doubt and return to the brilliant light of love that is always with you. Wayne Dyer
I love the idea of the winter rose that’s sort of sleeping underneath the soil. Underneath all the snow is this plant that was growing and developing and could present itself as this beautiful flower in this time where everything else around it is very barren. Corinne Bailey Rae
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. Winston Churchill
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. Charles Kettering
The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind. Thomas Hobbes
There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. Roland Barthes
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. Tennessee Williams
The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect. Paul Valery
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. Eckhart Tolle
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha
One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good. Gretchen Rubin
The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation. Michael Jackson
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present. Eckhart Tolle
‘Movement is life;’ and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change. Jules Verne
There’s no present. There’s only the immediate future and the recent past. George Carlin
Hospitality is present when something happens for you. It is absent when something happens to you. Those two simple prepositions – for and to – express it all. Danny Meyer
Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn’t exist in the present here and now. Marina Abramovic
Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. William Wordsworth
The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution. Ban Ki-moon
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. Albert Camus
At present, our country needs women’s idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. Shirley Chisholm
If you’re not changing, you’re not growing; you’re not being present. Change is essential. Maggie Rogers
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. Abraham Lincoln
Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson’s administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara’s brilliant ‘whiz kids’ tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. Thomas Sowell
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form. Stephen Hawking
There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed. Robert Kennedy
Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. Alan Lakein
The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Learn from the past, look to the future, but live in the present. Petra Nemcova
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty.’ Theodore Roosevelt
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. C. S. Lewis
You can’t afford to get sick, and you can’t depend on the present health care system to keep you well. It’s up to you to protect and maintain your body’s innate capacity for health and healing by making the right choices in how you live. Andrew Weil
Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration. Warren G. Harding
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again. Jose Rizal
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. Thomas Merton
I want to present a very strong and bold image, but with femininity. I love being sweet and salty all together. Keke Palmer
No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, and the wisdom of cookbook writers. Laurie Colwin
When you’re able to be honest with yourself about who you are and finally can present your authentic true self to the world, you feel so much better about yourself, and it makes it easier for everyone else to feel better about you. Gus Kenworthy
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Ludwig Wittgenstein
The point of power is always in the present moment. Louise L. Hay
To live in the light of a new day and an unimaginable and unpredictable future, you must become fully present to a deeper truth – not a truth from your head, but a truth from your heart; not a truth from your ego, but a truth from the highest source. Debbie Ford
Don’t let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Taylor Caldwell
The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people. Kailash Satyarthi
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time. Leonardo da Vinci
The past is never the past. It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and in your daily experience, or it will get you. It will get you really bad. Bruce Springsteen
I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep. Kurt Vonnegut
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. Abraham Maslow
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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. Yamamoto Tsunetomo
You never know what’s going on in someone’s life. You never know what’s really going on behind what they present. Hill Harper
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Henry David Thoreau
Everyone is an ocean inside. Every individual walking the street. Everyone is a universe of thoughts, and insights, and feelings. But every person is crippled in his or her own way by our inability to truly present ourselves to the world. Khaled Hosseini
Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now. Oprah Winfrey
We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work. Saint Francis de Sales
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. Thich Nhat Hanh
Don’t take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves. Halle Berry
People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won’t be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves. I think at any age or any social class, that’s present. Blake Lively
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. Edgar Allan Poe
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. Lao Tzu
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language. Miuccia Prada
The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. Zora Neale Hurston
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. Nikola Tesla
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir
What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past. Sai Baba
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. John Adams
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. Emmet Fox
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. Leopold Von Ranke
Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter. Charles Lindbergh
We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it. Epicurus
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
True love – that is, deep, abiding love that is impervious to emotional whims or fancy – is a choice. It’s a constant commitment to a person regardless of the present circumstances. Mark Manson
The future influences the present just as much as the past. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. Aeschylus
Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it’s gone. Simon McBurney
A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is. Nancy Kress
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God’s gift, that’s why we call it the present. Joan Rivers
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius
