Win The Life

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future. - George Orwell

 

The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them. - Albert Einstein

 

He that fears you present, will hate you absent. - Thomas Fuller

 

The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be. - Saint Jerome

 

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past. - Alexander Smith

 

When you are present, the world is truly alive. - Natalie Goldberg

 

Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. - Albert Einstein

 

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein

 

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations. - Anais Nin

 

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.--Emmet Fox

 

Banish the future. Live only for the hour and its allotted work. Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.--William Osler

 

Don't 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.--Henry Ward Beecher

 

Effective managers live in the present - but concentrate on the future.--James L. Hayes

 

Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment--this day--is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day--each moment of this day--a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity.--Dan Custer

 

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.--Simone Weil

 

God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is.--Marianne Williamson

 

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.--Rae Foley

 

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.--J. B. Priestly

 

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning I say: "What is my exciting thing for today?" Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.--Barbara Jordan

 

I live now and only now, and I will do what I want to do this moment and not what I decided was best for me yesterday.--Hugh Prather

 

If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.--Winston Churchill

 

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.--Jim Bishop

 

It's been said that there are two days over which we have no control: yesterday, because it's a cancelled check, and tomorrow, because it's a promissory note.--Diane Conway

 

It's the hardest place for us to live, the place where we're most afraid to live, because it feels so empty and boring. Now-here almost always feels like nowhere, and that's precisely where we must go.--Richard Rohr

 

Know the true value of time! Snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no procrastination. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.--Philip Chesterfield

 

Life is a great and wondrous mystery, and the only thing we know that we have for sure is what is right here right now. Don't miss it.--Leo Buscaglia

 

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

 

Light tomorrow with today!--Elizabeth Barrett Browning

 

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

 

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

Look to this day, For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence the bliss of growth, the splendor of action, the glory of power.. For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision, But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore to this day,-- Kalidasa

 

Love yourself and watch - Today, tomorrow, always. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing - Straighten yourself.--Buddha

 

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.--Katherine Mansfield

 

Make the best of today, for there is no tomorrow until after today.--Liz Strehlow

 

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.--Barbara De Angelis

 

The more I give myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty or judgmental about any other time, the better I feel about the quality of my work.--Wayne Dyer

 

The most important revelation about the past stems from the realization that it is not important to try and get rid of it, but to realize that we are already, by definition, rid of it. We need not be convinced of the importance of living in the present, but instead realize that we inevitably live in the present, and the only thing to do is to face it. ... Whether we like it or not, we cannot escape the present. The only reality is now.

 

Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the rest of our lives running away from it or letting it run us. But the only place you'll ever meet the real is now-here.--Richard Rohr

 

Most of us think having a list of priorities is a sign of a motivated, serious person. But there is one essential flaw in this perspective. We are not guaranteed a future; and even if we were we could not live in it. All we have is now.--George Lawrence-Ell

 

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. You may enjoy doing it so much that you want to do it again.--Ross Perot

 

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.--Henry Ward Beecher

 

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.--Mary Jean Iorn

 

Nothing is worth more than this day.--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself.--Thomas a Kempis

 

One cannot change the past, but one can ruin the present by worrying over the future.--Anonymous

 

One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.--Ida Scott Taylor

 

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.--Dale Carnegie

 

The present time has one advantage over every other--it is our own.--Charles Caleb Colton

 

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.--Charles Dickens

 

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

 

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.--Buddha

 

She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.--Madeleine L'Engle

 

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.--William Feather

 

This world is yours, planned in eternity created in a moment of sheer exuberance permeated with love well made- Unknown

 

This day is yours, pure generosity given for moments of gentle reflection in the bustle of a day well made.--John Birch

 

Time is passing. Each day is a glorious opportunity to live and enjoy. Today I will let the past die - all the undone things, all the misjudged things... Today, there are new pleasures, new challenges, new magic.--Ruth Carter Stapleton

 

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it...--Anne de Lencios

 

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.--Martial

 

True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.--Seneca

 

Very strange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in the present.--Phillips Brooks

 

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.--H. L. Mencken

 

We know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today.--Sydney Smith

 

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.--Unknown

 

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have. Spend it wisely.—Anonymous

 

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.--Bil Keane