Live In The Moment quotes
186 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand."
"If you put your cameras down you might be able to live in the moment. You have a memory there of something you've never lived."
"Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto."
"I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble."
"The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment."
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"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is."
"Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time. -Day"
"The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life."
"The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back."
"To be awake is to be alive."
"Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there."
"Be present in your work because kids live in the moment, so as soon as you're not in the present, you're not being authentic."
"The present moment is all you ever have."
"Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee."
"I'm treating every day as a special one and trying to live in the moment."
"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it."
"The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment."
"Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today."
"We live in the world when we love it."
"We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us."
"We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today."
"Being present means living without control and always having your needs met."
"Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be."
"When you’re living in the moment, you’re living in the moment; whatever that moment is, that’s your reality. Everything else is a myth."
"It's like, if this person is going to betray me or deceive me, they're going to do it regardless whether or not I'm texting him constantly or looking through him phone or being jealous. And once you realize that, then jealousy isn't a factor. You're just you, and you can live in the moment."
