Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.

But in the meantime all the life you have or ever will have is today, tonight, tomorrow, today, tonight, tomorrow, over and over again (I hope).

This moment,which we are living right now will pass too. We have to enjoy, enjoy all that we can.

The present is the only time in which any duty may be done or grace received.

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act -- act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.

Make the best of every moment. We're not evolving. We're not going anywhere.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

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

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now.

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

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man who devotes every hour to his own needs, who plans every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears tomorrow.

Right now a moment of time is passing by!... We must become that moment.

The only time you ever have in which to learn anything or see anything or feel anything, or express any feeling or emotion, or respond to an event, or grow, or heal, is this moment, because this is the only moment any of us ever gets. You're only here now; you're only alive in this moment.

Today is the only guarantee you get.

You should enjoy the present moment because this is all you have. Create for tomorrow, but live in and for today.

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.

Today will never come again.

There is only one day that you and I have to live for, and that's today. There is nothing we can do about yesterday except repent, and there may be no tomorrow. The thing for us to do when we arise from our beds as God gives us a new day, is to take whatever comes to our hands, and do it to the best of our ability.

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.

Don't focus on what's wrong. Things may not be perfect, but be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day. Live each day like it could be your last.

Here's the thing: life is now. It's not ten pounds from now, it's not twenty pounds from now, it's not a million dollars from now. It's right now. And you just have to take a chance.