Billy Collins Quotes

It's not that "today is the first day of the rest of my life," but that now is all there is of my life.

All you really have... is now.

My focus, my life, my world is now. You just can't plan the future.

Today is the only time we can possibly live.

I don’t think of dying, I think of being here now.

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

All that either of us has is right now and we should pay attention to that.

It is no more possible to live in the future than it is to live in the past. If life is not now, it is never.

Learn that the present hour alone is man's.

Each moment is magical, precious and complete and will never exist again. We forget that now is the moment we are in, that the next one isn't guaranteed. And if we are blessed with another moment, any joy, creativity or wisdom it brings will ensue from the way we live in the present one.

Only the present moment contains life.

The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.

You are only here now; you're only alive in this moment.

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.

I think every time in your life is valuable, and you need to exist in that moment. Because if you don't - you lose it.

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

No matter what happens, it’s always now.

I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday's gone and tomorrow is uncertain. That's why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift... for those who are willing to receive it.

We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our effort, moment after moment, is our way.

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

The primary purpose of life is in being in the NOW.