Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.

I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be.

I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

I've always tried to live in the moment.

I just live in the moment. Or try to.

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

It doesn't have anything to do with yesterday or tomorrow, it's all right now.

The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

You have to live in the present; not on memories.

You have to live in the present, I think.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

I live in the present moment.

I find that every day is not about where I'll be tomorrow, but it's about what I'm doing today and staying in the moment.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.

Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Tremble: your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now.

One thing I've learned to do with my age, I really don't look ahead. For years, I've been preaching the precious present and having to always subscribe to it.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

I just live in the moment.

The single guiding principle that I try to follow, assuming blindly that the rest will fall into place, is to operate squarely in the present. I think it's one of the most difficult things for anyone to do.