Motivational Quotes

Present

Today is a king in disguise.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Present

It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.

Burgraff, Wayne

Ask a heckler to identify himself and his company. They usually prefer to be anonymous.

Moreo, Judy

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

Cezanne, Paul

Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift -- which is why they call it the present.

Keane, Bill

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.

Murdoch, Iris

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.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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.

Baudelaire, Charles

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present -- which seldom happens to us.

Bruyere, Jean De La

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Live not in yesterdays, Look back and you may sorrow. Live precisely for today, Look forward to tomorrow.

Hulsgen, J.J.

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Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

Dyer, Wayne

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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.

Baldwin, James

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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

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To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.

Eddy, Mary Baker

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We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame

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Humor heals the heckler.

Meyers, Gerald C.

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Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

Kent, Sister Corita

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I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.

Stravinsky, Igor

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Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way.

Mandino, Og

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Today is a king in disguise.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Look well to this day, for it, and it alone is life.

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When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present -- our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love -- everything that moves us most deeply.

Kornfield, Jack

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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Thoreau, Henry David

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One today is worth two tomorrows.

Franklin, Benjamin

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This instant is the only time there is.

A Course In Miracles

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To live is so starling it leaves little time for anything else.

Dickinson, Emily

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The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

Magritte, Rene

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Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have; so spend it wisely.

Lyons, Kay

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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.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Bolton, Sarah Knowles

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Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future worlds.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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No one can remember more than three points.

Crosby, Philip

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The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.

Crosby, Philip

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Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

Dyer, Wayne

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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

Spitz, Mark

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I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.

Trump, Donald

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Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Today must not borrow from tomorrow.

Proverb, German

40.

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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We can live forever, a minute at a time.

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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

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Today is yesterday's pupil.

Fuller, Thomas

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Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Carnegie, Dale

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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.

Carnegie, Dale

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I use many props. The props act as cue cards reminding me of what to say next.

Ogden, Tom

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They expect a professional presentation, so they expect to see a professional. Dress appropriately for the occasion, but don't be one of the crowd.

Roberts, Wess

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The simplest way to customize is to phone members of the audience in advance and ask them what they expect from your session and why they expect it. Then use their quotes throughout your presentation.

Pease, Alan

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Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.

Eliot, T. S.

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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Carnegie, Dale