Jerome K. Jerome Quotes

It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be for ever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant.

Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost.

If we get the good that belongs to us here and now, we must extract the sweetness of each passing minute while it is ours. That is the real art of living in the today.

Be grateful for each moment we have and be happy, but more than anything live it fully.

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

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.

You have to live your life day by day, enjoy what you're doing right now.

For the first time in a long time, he didn't think of the past. And of all the things he'd lost. He thought only of the present, and what he had. And how it was so much more than he deserved. And he prayed then that he would never, ever lose it.

You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've lost. I know this to be wise and true, just as I know that pretty much no one can do it.

Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today.... What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because only the future has intrigued them.

Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.

We have to realize that our lives could be gone in a moment. There are no guarantees that we will be here at this time next year. Learn to live each day to the fullest. Don't complain. Don't focus on what's wrong. Be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day.

Best to take the moment present as a present for the moment. . .

If I had my life to live over, I'd pick more daisies.

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.

Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.

The quality of your moments produces the quality of your life. So, as thoughts come and go and the waves of mind rush on, Carpe punctum-Seize this moment. It deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.

Your life is a series of moments in "now." The better you make your "now" the better your life.

I’m beginning to think that you don’t find happiness from living your life looking ahead or back… that you find it when you look around.

Don't let your life pass you by, weep not for the memories.

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.

Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.

You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.