Enjoying the Present Quotes

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

Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying.

I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.

In a way, that's really reassuring. I'm not just a very limited person to not have figured it out at this point. But it's also intimidating. Well, how long is it going to take before you can have a good time?

Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

Work accomplished means little. It is in the past. What we all want is the glorious and living present.

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

Nothing is yours permanently so you better enjoy it while it's happening.

I've got the rest of my life to be a grown-up. And for now, it's OK to be young.

There are only moments. Live in this one. The happiness of these days.

I'm happy doing what I'm doing, and if you have that kind of attitude then everything else from there on is a bonus.

Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.

The Art of Fulfillment is the ability to experience not only the thrill of the chase, but also the magic of the moment, the unbridled joy of feeling truly alive.

But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.

Just play the moment, that's the fun of it. You just play the moment. It's great writing and very clever writing, I think it's witty. And I have those great clothes. You have a great, witty, intelligent script and you look like a million dollars, because we have a great costumer, and it's a pretty good place to begin.

Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now-until it gets better right now!

Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.

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.

You can't take your stuff with you when you die. That doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy it while you're alive. Why not? But it's all pretty silly. I fall victim to it. I mean, I want nice stuff too. So I guess I'm poking fun at myself as well as other materialistic people.

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

Cry later, but for now, let's enjoy the laughter.

I am living my real life, this is it. Now is now, and if I waited to be happier, waited to have fun, waited to do the things that I know I ought to do, I might never get the chance.