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Quotations Page > Embracing This Present Moment

It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth—and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up—that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

Elisabeth Kubler Ross



This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson



By taking good care of the present moment, we take good care of the future.

Thich Nhat Hanh



Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the Present.

Eleanor Roosevelt



We can only be happy now, and there will never be a time when it is not now.

Gerald Jampolsky



Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta



I like to remind my friends frequently how short life is. This is the important message of death: not a day to waste, not a day to quarrel, not a day to brood upon yourself. This is not losing the joy of life; this is gaining the joy of life.

Eknath Easwaran



Don’t take yourself and your life so seriously, forgetting that life is meant to be a great adventure to be lived fully. When you become too serious, life loses its luster and you have a hard time being happy.

Susan Smith Jones



Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

John Muir



Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

Betty Smith



So here we are, in our rare and precious lives, surrounded by gorgeous moments begging to be noticed and celebrated. Go! Celebrate!

Sark



Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.



How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Anne Frank



Laughter is the lubricant and elixir of life. Being able to laugh at yourself and the everyday incongruities of your daily situation is the best way to quell stress. Lighten up and enjoy life!

Susan Smith Jones



The secret of forgiveness is not to procrastinate, but to free yourself immediately of stress by totally forgiving this instant.

Gerald Jampolsky



Birds sing after a storm, why shouldn’t we?

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy



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

The Buddha