Paulo Coelho Quotes

The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we're continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.

I'm here in the present, and I want to make sure I don't stumble on my own feet.

For me, it's just staying in the present, enjoying what I'm doing, and making sure I'm making the kind of improvements and moves forward that I want to.

Are your thoughts worthy of you? If not - now is the time to change them. You can begin right were you are right now. Nothing matters but this moment and what you are focusing your attention on.

How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist

Don't let your life just go in one eye and out the other.

Well... ...That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.

Don't try to make comparisons between your own pictures. Forget what you have done and think only of making the best of what you are doing.

I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

Don't judge yourself; simply return your attention to what's in front of you right now.

I am not in yesterday; I am not in tomorrow. I am right now.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.

Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.

If you're living strictly for the future or living in the past, it can make your partner feel neglected. Make yourself focus on the moment you're in.

A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.

Anytime you put your mind on the results, you lose something in the moment.

I don't think about why I do what I do, or why I started doing what I do, because I'm so obsessed with doing it right now, and what it means to me right now.

If you aren't focused on what's right here in front of you, if you're daydreaming about what might be, you really aren't focused at all.

I like to be present; I like to be in the now. The way life has shaped up, it is difficult, you know, with mobile phones taking you to another time and space all the time. So it's always a battle to stay in the moment. But according to me, it's a better way to be.

I try to stay in the moment.

We are so distracted and focused on what's next, we can fail to see what is actually in front of us.