Last Updated on December 20, 2022
Do you find yourself dwelling in the past over and over again? Or are you someone who keeps daydreaming about a glorious future? Well, you’re not the first one to have done that.
Have you wondered what makes it so hard to live the moment and acknowledge the present?
It took me eons (not literally, though) to realize how important it is to live in the present instead of wandering about in irrelevant time zones.
When living in the present, you work harder and stay focused. You manifest positivity and learn to waive off spells of procrastination.
I’ll give you an example; imagine you’re a college student working hard to get a degree, but you only focus on the perks of having the degree instead of grinding for it.
The result? You’d constantly struggle in college because you focus on what you don’t have instead of realizing what you do have.
Best ‘Be Present’ Quotes
Let’s vow to be present and cherish it every day. We’re sure these quotes about being present will help you ease the process.
1. “The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.”
– Eckhart Tolle.
2. “A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.”
– Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
3. “The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.”
– Eckhart Tolle.
4. “I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.”
– Drew Barrynore.
5. “Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.”
– Basil Rathbone.
6. “We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
– Marilyn Monroe.
7. “Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret?”
– Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
8. “To live in the present moment is a miracle.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh.
9. “The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.”
– Eckhart Tolle.
10. “The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.”
– Abraham Maslow.
11. “Living in the present moment creates the experience of eternity.”
– Deepak Chopra.
12. “Remember then: there is only one time that is important– Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.”
– Leo Tolstoy.
13. “The point of power is always in the present.”
– Louise L. Hay.
14. “Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one.”
– George Harrison.
15. “The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.”
– Robert Holden.
16. “It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future.”
– George Harrison.
17. “Past and future are in the mind only – I am now.”
– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.
18. “There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”
– Aeschylus.
19. “At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening.”
– Heather Hepler.
20. “The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”
– André Maurois.
21. “Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
– Henry David Thoreau.
22. “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
– Henry David Thoreau.
23. “Forever – is composed of Nows –”
– Emily Dickinson.
24. “The past is unchangeable so it is futile to reflect on it unless you are making sure you do not repeat mistakes. The future is but a result of your action today. So learn from the past to do better in the present so that you can succeed in the future.”
– Jordan Lejuwaan.
25. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”
– Amit Ray.
26. “Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.”
– Oprah Winfrey.
27. “I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
– Alan Watts.
28. “The next message you need is always right where you are.”
– Ram Dass.
29. “You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
– John Green.
30. “Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
31. “The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
– Albert Einstein.
32. “Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.”
– Jean de La Bruyère.
33. “You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.”
– Jon Kabat-Zinn.
34. “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
– Henry David Thoreau.
35. “Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
– Mother Teresa.
36. “If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
– Lao Tzu.
37. “The clock is running. Make the most of today…time waits for no man. Yesterday is history….tomorrow is a mystery…today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present.”
– Alice Morse Earle.
38. “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.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh.
39. “People don’t realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.”
– Eckhart Tolle.
40. “There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment.”
– Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
41. “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.”
– Eckhart Tolle.
42. “I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.”
– D. H. Lawrence.
43. “I think regret is useless in life. It belongs to the past.”
– Marlon Brando.
44. “The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh.
45. “The past has no power over the present moment.”
– Eckhart Tolle.
46. “Life can be found only in the present moment. 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.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh.
47. “Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.”
– Deepak Chopra.
48. “If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh.