Living for Today Quotes

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

The present is the only time in which any duty may be done or grace received.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying.

People say to me, 'What are you going to be doing in five years?' The thing is, I don't care! It's what I'm doing today that matters.

Enjoy the present day, trust the least possible to the future.

To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.

There is only one day that you and I have to live for, and that's today. There is nothing we can do about yesterday except repent, and there may be no tomorrow. The thing for us to do when we arise from our beds as God gives us a new day, is to take whatever comes to our hands, and do it to the best of our ability.

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

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

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

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live.

The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today

You can't live for a moment that may not happen. You need to live in the moment.

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

Your life is a series of moments in "now." The better you make your "now" the better your life.

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.

Don't think of what's past!" said she. "I am not going to think outside of now. Why should we! Who knows what tomorrow has in store?

The right time is always right now.

Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.

If you're living for today, if you're only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn't work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you're on your way.

Our life is looking forward or looking back, that's it. Where is the moment?

Today While the blossoms still cling to the vine I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine A million tomorrows shall all pass away Here I forget all the joy that is mine. Today I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover You know who I am by the songs that I sing I'll feast at your table I'll sleep in your clover Who cares what tomorrow shall bring I can't be contented with yesterday's glory I can't live on promises winter to spring Today is my moment and now is my story I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing