Juan Ramon Jimenez Quotes

Cherish each hour of this day for it can NEVER return.

Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

It's not the time in your life, it's the life in your time.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.

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

There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.

Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

Oh if life were made of moments Even now and then a bad one--! But if life were only moments, Then you'd never know you had one.

I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.

Busy not yourself in looking forward to the events of to-morrow; but whatever may be those of the days Providence may yet assign you neglect not to turn them to advantage.

Some people believe that to find happiness, you should live each day of your life as if it's your last because that way you will appreciate every single moment you have. Other people believe that you should live each day as if it's your first because then every day can be the beginning of a new journey.

This is my report on how to live... They say the best way is just to live one day at a time... If you try to live seven days at a time, the week will be over before you know it.

The enemy doesn't care how many days you live as long as you don't live in the days you have.

Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.

We do not rest satisfied with the present.... So imprudent we are that we wander in the times which are not ours and do not thinkof the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is generally painful to us.

Our life is looking forward or looking back, that's it. Where is the moment?

I like to approach every day like it's the only day I will ever have.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.

Life passes us by if all we do is focus on the future. Being present, for the present, is really what is important.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

I love having no sense of tomorrow or yesterday.

If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.