Now Quotes

Stop looking forward to things, look inward instead.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Start with a cry, end with a smile.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

How simple it is to acknowledge that all the worry in the world could not control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

~ Jonathan Harnisch

The undiscovered is not far away. It’s not something to be found eventually. It is contained within what is right in front of us. The essence of reality is being born right now. It has never existed before. Reality is constant creation and destruction, and in this constant change is something unborn and undying, something that cannot be approached through the known or the past. It isn’t seen through striving to become something based on ideals stemming from former experiences. It comes to that which is being, not striving. In this state of being in the moment, without the known, without knowing at all, with neither past nor future, is a space that is not filled with time. And in this space, the undiscovered and ever-changing moment exists—a moment containing all possibilities, the totality of existence, absolute reality. Reality is now, and in the now, we can experience the true nature of the universe and the universal mind.

~ H.e. Davey

We have abolished the real world: what world is left? The apparent world perhaps? . . . But no! with the real world we have also abolished the apparent world.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

We must not fall asleep in the present because the now moment is the only reality we truly have.

~ Kat Lahr

If something you desire is not happening, you are not emotionally or mentally ready for it yet. Make your mental adjustment in the now, and the reality will follow.

~ Russell Anthony Gibbs

It is not who you are NOW, it is what GOD says you are that matter.

~ Olawale Daniel

Be grateful that yesterday ended well, be thankful that today begun well, be joyful that today will end beautifully. Live this pattern of life every day!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Your current situation = the life expectations you have accepted as completed, unless you change your comfort zone to create a better life.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The first question they ask is: Why was he eternally surprised?And they were told: Wen considered the nature of time and understood the universe is, instant by instant, re-created anew. Therefore, he understood, there is, in truth, no Past, only a memory of the Past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.

~ Terry Pratchett

Begin when you have the strength. You have it now, therefore the best time to begin is now.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

There's nothing more beautiful than authenticity. There's nothing stronger than vulnerability. There's no better time than now.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Now is everythingNow is the essenceNow is the focusFocus on the nowFor that is the key

~ Karen Hackel

Why live for tomorrow, when you’re not even through living today! Focus on what you can accomplish now and create the tomorrow's you desire today….

~ James A. Murphy

We are all a little schizophrenic. Each of us has three different people living inside us every day—who you were, who you are and who you will become. The road to sanity is to recognize those identities, in order to know who you are today.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.-Soothsayer

~ Kungfupandamakers

He was humbled by her infinite love toward him - it shone through even in his afterlife.

~ H. L. Balcomb

Failure taught him that he could have made the right choice. I could have tried.

~ H. L. Balcomb

The flowers' beauty drew her closer to them like a magnetic force. She felt compelled to walk a little faster.

~ H. L. Balcomb

It thanked her for the life she breathed into hits being; without her influence, this little being would not have been in the Garden of Glory.

~ H. L. Balcomb

You're about to enter the future gate.Come in now, or later will be too late.

~ Toba Beta

The idea of the past is as useless as the idea of the future. Both could be invoked by anybody about anything. There is never any more beauty than there is now. There is no more joy or sorrow or wonder than there is now, nor perfection, nor any more evil nor any more good than there is now.

~ Richard Flanagan

People write about How they feel... Where they are now...

~ Deyth Banger

Don't grieve over the past, It's all gone!Don't worry about the future, It may never come! Live in the present, And enjoy every moment.

~ Mouloud Benzadi

The prison bars deny you the now. You are forced to always think about the past or the future.

~ E. Leo Foster

The future is now.The past is now.Your influence is always now.

~ L.h.

Unfortunately, the board of directors that the middle managers report to generally make them aggressive. Imagine being hired into a company and then being told that you have to ignore the emerging health and safety issues (This is illegal!) and not inform the workers that the system is known to be dangerous (This is illegal!). You have two options: To go to jail for illegal activities sometime in the future, or to lose your job now and have all your USA workplace rights removed for recognizing the illegal activities that your Directors want you to engage in. Welcome to the corporate America management team!

~ Steven Magee

It's so easy to find reasons for why I am excused to be unsatisfied with the moment. As people, we often look to the future saying I'll be happy when… I'll be happy when I graduate, I'll be happy when I am thin, I'll be happy when I get a car… and so on. But why postpone happiness. Why not find joy in the journey of life. We need to find joy in the simple, ordinary events that make up the everyday because that is what we get the most of.

~ Lindsey Stirling

A man cannot fully embrace his future…until he first releases his past

~ Blake L. Higginbotham

Happiness is neither in the past, nor in the future. It is here right now, in the present.

~ Manoj Arora

We keep waiting for that amazing thing to happen in the future that will be the key to our happiness. But this is it. Right now. Life continues to be a series of right nows. So learn to love right now, and you’ll have an amazing life.

~ Barrie Davenport

Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When trees fall on trees, the topmost tree must first be removed before others. Don't be too concerned about the problems of the past. What matters most is the challenge at hand now!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The present is the closest that you will ever get to the future.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Don’t live in the past – you’ve already been there. And don’t live in the future, either. Tomorrow will be here soon enough. Live in this moment now – it is sacred and unrepeatable. This moment alone holds valuable gifts that should not be missed.

~ Steve Goodier

Rather than having regrets over events in the past, or worrying whether or not the future will bring you what you need or desire, allow yourself to rest in the present, the now. Understand that all that has transpired has brought you to this moment, and in this very moment, riches that far outweigh those of the world already lie within you.

~ Kristi Bowman

The past is as important as the future, but we only live in the here and now.

~ David Millar

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

~ Alan W. Watts

I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present.

~ Jonathan Harnisch