Bobby Womack Quotes

You never know when your last day gig is, and if you spend your life thinking about it, you'll drive yourself nuts. But I try not to foster or exhibit any desperation.

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.

And so you have a life that you are living only now, now and now and now, gone before you can speak of it, and you must be thankful for living day by day, moment by moment a life in the breath and pulse and living light of the present

I've been really aware of how important it is to me to just stay in the moment and enjoy it while it lasts. Because that's all you've got. If it ends, I'll move on to doing something else. If it lasts, great.

I try not to look any further ahead than the next cup of tea. You never know if that cuppa will come or not, do you?

Every day I've got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know - the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, so you'd better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment.

Life is precarious, and life is precious. Don't presume you will have it tomorrow, and don't waste it today.

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.

Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that Fate allows you.

Driving home, it's all I can do to keep from crying. Time's come, time's gone, time's never returning, I say to myself. What's here in front of me is all I've got, I decide, and as I drive my car through the blowing snow it doesn't seem like much, except for the kindness that I've just exchanged with an old lady, so I concentrate on that.

But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?

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

There is only one world; the world pressing against you at this minute. There is only one minute in which you are alive; this minute here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be, And think each day that dawns the last you'll see; For so the hour that greets you unforeseen Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.

Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.

Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.

Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

Life is sweetest when it could go away tomorrow.

Don't take anything for granted, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.

You can lead a happy life if you recognize that it's limited and completely unpredictable from one moment to the next.

I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given.

The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you're in it. Nothing can be controlled.