Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes

life is the moment we're living right now.

Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now-until it gets better right now!

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown - but the present is real, and your opportunities are now.

Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Life isn't about milestones, it's about moment

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what you’re doing when you spend a moment wondering how things are going to turn out with Perry? You’re cheating yourself out of today. Today is calling to you, trying to get your attention, but you’re stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. You wake up the next morning and that today you wasted is gone forever. It’s now yesterday. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you , but now you’ll never know.

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

Stop talking about tomorrow. You owe it to yourself to do whatever you can to live you can to live a better life today.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

The fullness of life is only accessible in the present moment.

Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.

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.

Step into this moment, because it is the only one you have right now. It is not wasted or thrown away. The divine opportunity could be stolen unless you tell yourself it is here right now; available to you this moment, to make of it anything you choose. Why not choose this moment, right now, to be available to yourself by declaring, I AM GOOD! . . . . The richness of the present is here. The fullness of now is present. If you are not here now, it means you could be missing the love, joy, peace and brand-new ideas that are here right now.

Enjoy the present day, trust the least possible to the future.

Life is now in session. Are you present?

But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.

Live in the present moment and find your interest and happiness in the things of today.

Know that life can only be found in the present moment.

The present gives you the opportunity to dive deep into the water of life, or to fly high into the sky of life. But on both the sides there are dangers - 'past' and ´future´ are the most dangerous words in human language.

There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.

Life is only available in the present moment.

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow.