Embracing the Moment Quotes

Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.

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

Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness

Live each day as if was your last, not in the future, not in the past. You may not get what you want, but, in the long run, you will get what you expect.

Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. I wish to live ever as to derive my satisfactions and inspirations from the commonest events, everyday phenomena, so that what my senses hourly perceive, my daily walk, the conversation of my neighbors, may inspire me, and I may dream of no heaven but that which lies about me.

I will live this day as if it is my last. …I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, Yesterday’s defeats, yesterday’s aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?

We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live.

I want to have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

I always view auditions as the first and last time I'll ever do a character, so that's how I like to see the joy in it. Assuming I don't ever book this, I get to play this character this one time and give it my all because I'll never play it again.

Life wasn't about becoming, was it? It was about being.

Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

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.

You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live.

Who wants to live in the present? It's such a limiting period compared to the past.

I don't know about you, but I don't feel that it's my vehicle that is essential. I don't know about you, but I don't feel that it's my education that is essential. I don't think what is essential about me is my house or my car or my clothes. What is essential about me? Well, I think what is essential is that I live and embrace life right now, wherever I am. I grab it in my arms! Don't spend time crying about yesterday-yesterday is over with! I forgive my past. I forgive the people who've hurt me. I don't want to spend the rest of my life blaming and pointing a finger.

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days.

No matter where you are right now, no matter far along you are on your own path, don't wait to "have it all" to celebrate. You're never going to figure it all out. Make being happy your business, all along the way. Life can't be one long, tough haul, with a little party at the end. What good is that? Life should be punctuated with celebrations and you have to build them into your time because being happy isn't easy.

I live my life like there's no yesterday.

Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.

Every day is perfect because there's no other day! As a friend of mine said, "Ride the horse in the direction it's going." When you do that, you realize that every moment, every breath, every sound, every encounter is a gift. You bloody well better enjoy it.