Cormac McCarthy Quotes

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

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.

To-day is thine to spend, but not to-morrow; Counting on morrows breedeth bankrupt sorrow: O squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee; Make not too sure another breath to borrow.

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.

A good friend of mine once told me that each morning when you wake up, think about winning the day. Don't worry about a week from now or a month from now - just think about one day at a time. If you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you. Win the day!

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

Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

Learn that the present hour alone is man's.

Today is the only time we can possibly live.

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

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.

There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and a crowded schedule, between having no place to put possessions and having no priorities for our life. These are precious clues. They remind us to slow down, to live in the present, to reduce the desires that drain our vitality, to clarify priorities so we can give our time and attention to what matters most. Tragically, in the press of modern life, we have managed to get backwards one of life's most vital truths: people are to be loved; things are to be used.

When you wake up, think about winning the day. Don't worry about a week or a month from now -- just think about one day at a time.

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

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.

Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost.

The day you spend hoping, the day you spend waiting, the day you spend in despair, is a day in your life as much as the tomorrow you hope for, but which may never come, so betting today on tomorrow is always a bad bet.

It's not that "today is the first day of the rest of my life," but that now is all there is of my life.

I really think that if you live for today, tomorrow takes care of itself.

The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead.

While we're talking, time will have meanly run on... pick today's fruits, not relying on the future in the slightest.

If you try to live that which is past, that which IS will bypass you.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.