Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
~ Francis Bacon

To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.
~ Mary Baker Eddy

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.
~ George Ade

labor not after riches first, and think thou afterwards wilt enjoy them. He who neglecteth the present moment, throweth away all that he hath. As the arrow passeth through the heart, while the warrior knew not that it was
~ Akhenaton

Confine yourself to the present
~ Marcus Aurelius

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
~ James Baldwin

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.
~ Charles Baudelaire

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

Where were you... when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons (and daughters) of God shouted for joy? [4-7, Job 38:}
~ Bible

Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass. And golden rays will usher in the dawn.
~ Sarah Knowles Bolton

Forget the past and live the present hour.
~ Sarah Knowles Bolton

It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We are seeing what is before us.
~ John Bradshaw

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
~ Buddha

There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
~ George Carlin

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand.
~ Thomas Carlyle

We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our own position in it. Let us, instead of gazing idly into the obscure distance, look calmly around us, for a little, on the perplexed scene where we stand. Perhaps, on a more serious inspection, something of its perplexity will disappear, some of its distinctive characters and deeper tendencies more clearly reveal themselves; whereby our own relations to it, our own true aims and endeavors in it, may also become clearer.
~ Thomas Carlyle

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
~ Dale Carnegie

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
~ Dale Carnegie

Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
~ Paul Cezanne

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
~ Madame Chiang Kai-Shek