Diana Gabaldon Quotes

The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up - that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

The present moment, if you think about it, is the only time there is. No matter what time it is, it is always now.

Tomorrow doesn't really exist.

What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.

life is the moment we're living right now.

Each of us has... all the time there is. Those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away. To let them drift through our fingers is tragic waste. To use them to the hilt, making them count for something, is the beginning of wisdom.

It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment.

The right time is always right now.

Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.

Don't look for the next opportunity, the one you have in hand is the opportunity.

This is life-and it is passing. What are we waiting for?

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

No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.

Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

Joy and life exist nowhere but the present.

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

Why wait for your ship to come in when you are already on it?

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.

Today is the only time we can possibly live.

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

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.

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.

How long will you wait for the right time to come? The right time is now and the right place is here.

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.