Presence Quotes

"Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now."

- Don Miguel Ruiz

"There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last."

- Shadia Ashiru

"There's only us, There's only this. Forget regret-- or life is yours to miss. No other road, No other way. No day but today."

- Rent

"The present time has one advantage over every other – it is our own."

- Charles Caleb Colton

"I always live in the present. The future I can’t know. The past I no longer have."

- Fernando Pessoa

"Today it’s important to be present, be relevant and add value."

- Nick Besbeas

"A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come."

- Bruce Lee

"The only time I am truly in the Now is when I paint."

- Lori McNee

"The moment is everything. Don’t think about tomorrow; don’t think about yesterday: think about exactly what you’re doing right now and live it and dance it and breath it and be it."

- Wendy Whelan

"Even today when I rehearse, I give it everything that I’ve got.  If I’m in a performance and the lights go out, I glow in the dark.  When you’re working before an audience, you have to make them feel like they can touch you.  That’s the dancer within, reaching out."

- Mitzi Gaynor

"Time passes: yesterday has gone for ever but tomorrow never comes. Let’s make the most of today."

- Robert Ashby

"This is it. This is life, the one you get."

- Jeff Barry

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Safety brings first aid to the uninjured."

- F.S. Hughes

"Precaution is better than cure."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

- Benjamin Franklin

"Nonviolence is fine as long as it works."

- Malcolm X

"Don’t think about the past. Just be here now. Don’t think about the future. Just be here now."

- Ram Dass

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life."

- Eckhart Tolle

"Care asserts that as difficult and painful as life can be, it is worth something to be in the present, alive, and doing one’s daily bit."

- Kathleen Norris

"Like all pure creatures, cats are practical."

- William S. Burroughs

"All we have is now"

"Stop trying to press rewind. It’s life, not a movie."

"When you’re driving, you feel like you’re the only person on the planet."

"Prepare and prevent, don’t repair and repent."

"Focus on the journey, not the destination."

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today"

"Never be too busy to stop and marvel at the sunset."

"Life is now."

"Live in The Moment."