David Bailey Quotes

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.

I guess I'm living in the present more than the past.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.

You have to live in the present, I think.

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

I live in the present moment.

I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret.

I am only at home in the present.

Now I don't put things in the boxes anymore. I'm just focusing on right now.

I've known for years that you're supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what's happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I'm not present.

The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front.

I try, in the present, to not exalt the past because I think that's such a way of diminishing the present. And it's hard to live like that.

The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.

If you are always talking about the past, then you don't really have much in the present.

I live in the present.

I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.

It's so easy to get caught up in the future and in the past.

Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.

The past has no power over the present moment.