Motivational Quotes

Present

A loser seldom lives in the present, but instead destroys the present by focusing on past memories or future expectations.

- James, Muriel

Best Quotes about Present

Forget the past and live the present hour.

Bolton, Sarah Knowles

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

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

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

Humor heals the heckler.

Meyers, Gerald C.

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

Moreo, Judy

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

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

Lyons, Kay

10.

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

Ade, George

11.

Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.

Sher, Barbara

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Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown -- but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. You must see these opportunities; they must be real for you. The catch is that they can't seem real if your mind is buried in past failures, if you keep reliving old mistakes, old guilts, old tragedies. Fight your way above the many inevitable Traumatizations of your ego, escape damnation by the past, and look to the opportunities of the present. I don't mean some vague moment in the present -- next week or next month, perhaps. I mean today, this minute.

Maltz, Maxwell

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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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Today is yesterday's pupil.

Fuller, Thomas

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A loser seldom lives in the present, but instead destroys the present by focusing on past memories or future expectations.

James, Muriel

16.

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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This instant is the only time there is.

A Course In Miracles

18.

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

19.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

20.

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

Murdoch, Iris

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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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Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Carnegie, Dale

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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

24.

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

Crosby, Philip

25.

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

Burgraff, Wayne

26.

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

Kent, Sister Corita

27.

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

Buddha

28.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

29.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

Blanchard, Ken

30.

We can live forever, a minute at a time.

31.

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

Dickinson, Emily

32.

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

33.

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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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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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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Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.

Horace

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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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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!

Hayes, Ira

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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

40.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Franklin, Benjamin

41.

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

Malouf, Doug

43.

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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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

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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.

46.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

48.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis