Gratitude for the Present Quotes

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get.

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?

The longer I live, the less future there is to worry about.

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

If we are forever yearning for more time, we are forever discounting what is offered.

The ideal is to live forever, right? Or to live right now and just be grateful that I feel good. I'm definitely grateful for every second that I'm alive. At this point in my life, I definitely take time out throughout the day to just stop and be like, "Everything is cool." It's as good as it's gonna be, because it only gets worse.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

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.

If I say to the moment: 'Stay now! You are so beautiful'!

There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it.

The present eye praises the present object.

Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days!

For me, to catch, to celebrate the reality and life and friends and everything around me the very moment it happens - that's what is, that's what I'm possessed by.

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.

In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy.

I believe in a set of values I cannot live by. I set high goals for myself, I seek perfection, dream of exotic faraway places. But ultimately, what I long for isn't far away at all. It's in my own backyard. Imperfection charms me, familiar things move me... a celebration of what we have, instead of what we long for. That for me, is glamor.

Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us.

Nothing has to be changed, because all is beautiful - that is enlightenment. All is as it should be, everything is perfect. This is the most perfect world, this moment lacks nothing - the experience of this is what enlightenment is.

Being rich/wealthy is being in touch with the fullness of life. When you are open to the present moment, what comes in, is a gratitude for "what is". When you are aligned with the present moment, there is a peace that comes, so it is like you are experiencing life for the first time, when you become present. When you are in a state of gratitude for what is ... that is really what being wealthy means

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

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.