"The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind."
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59 quotes about present
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present Quotes
"What comes, when it comes, will be what it is."
"I use two yards of wrapping paper per one inch of present. Luckily I gave you the gift of love, so I was able to wrap it in tinfoil. Uncover before reheating."
"Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities."
"Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind."
"I held her gaze as I held her in my arms. With all that holding I couldn’t hold on to the moment, and it slipped past me into the lonely past."
"THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINSLaugh, I tell youAnd you will turn backThe hands of time.Smile, I tell youAnd you will reflectThe face of the divine.Sing, I tell youAnd all the angels will sing with you!Cry, I tell youAnd the reflections found in your pool of tears -Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterdayTo guide you through the fears of tomorrow."
"You will never get everything in life but you will get enough."
"Her and I, we passed each other, and now she’s in my past. That’s one present I’d like to unwrap in the future."
"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."
"A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old."
"Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don’t let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness"
"Past, I am letting you go. Future, I will see you tomorrow. Present, I love you, live in you, celebrate you, and will never let you go."
"Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinși cu toții în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor."
"It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be."
"Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present."
"The choices we’re working with here are a block universe, where past, present and future all coexist simultaneously and everything has already happened; chaos, where anything can happen and nothing can be predicted because we can’t know all the variables; and a Christian universe in which God made everything and it’s all here for a purpose but we have free will anyway."
"Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going."
"When we hear some beautiful piece of Mozart or admire a wonderful building, we suddenly become present in ourselves. That's unusual nowadays because dishevelment and distraction have become an art form."