Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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.

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

Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.

Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn't here yet, whatever it's going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That's it.

The right time is always right now.

Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

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.

Today is the only guarantee you get.

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

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.

The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the present. Yet his day-to-day existence suddenly struck him as endless and unbearable.

To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.

Don't think of what's past!" said she. "I am not going to think outside of now. Why should we! Who knows what tomorrow has in store?

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

My focus, my life, my world is now. You just can't plan the future.

There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.

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.

Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

Remember this: Now is the only time you have. When God created the universe, it was now. You can't say to creation and energy, "I'll do it later, not now." Later doesn't exist. Creation doesn't know anything but now. Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.

The present is burdened too much with the past. We have not time, in our earthly existence, to appreciate what is warm with life, and immediately around us.

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time.

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