Motivational Quotes

Present

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

- Kent, Sister Corita

Best Quotes about Present

We can live forever, a minute at a time.

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

Lyons, Kay

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Fuller, Thomas

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

Magritte, Rene

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

Fromm, Erich

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

Ask yourself, If I had only sixty seconds on the stage, what would I absolutely have to say to get my message across.

Dewar, Jeff

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Cezanne, Paul

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A theme is a memory aid, it helps you through the presentation just as it also provides the thread of continuity for your audience.

Carey, Dave

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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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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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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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Humor heals the heckler.

Meyers, Gerald C.

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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!

Hayes, Ira

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master.

Malouf, Doug

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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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 must not borrow from tomorrow.

Proverb, German

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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

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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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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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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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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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Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, you cannot live it until it does appear.

Dyer, Wayne

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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.

Stram, Hank

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

Dickinson, Emily

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The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.

Wright, Frank Lloyd

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

Burgraff, Wayne

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

Murdoch, Iris

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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

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Confine yourself to the present

Aurelius, Marcus

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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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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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Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Moreo, Judy

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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.

Eckhart, Meister

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I never use notes, they interfere with me.

Blanchard, Ken

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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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This instant is the only time there is.

A Course In Miracles

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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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Today is a king in disguise.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo