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Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.


Hugh Hefner

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VICTOR SHAMAS I'm living in the present, thinking about the past, hoping for the future.
PAUL AUSTER That's the good thing about it. Nothing counts except what's goin' on around you.
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EMM COLE Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON The present is an eternal attempt to separate the past from the future.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.
AMIT RAY Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it.
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TERENCE T. GORSKI Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
BUDDHA Now is everything
Now is the essence
Now is the focus
Focus on the now
For that ...
KAREN HACKEL It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying abo...
ROY T. BENNETT Don't grieve over the past,
It's all gone!
Don't worry about the future, It may never com...
MOULOUD BENZADI I'd rather be on the ground than under
To feel the heavy rain and the thunder.
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us.
AMIT RAY Live in the moment. Don’t carry baggage from the past. Put that baggage in a history book and lear...
DEBASISH MRIDHA I think Hefner himself wants to go down in history as a person of sophistication and glamour. But th...
GLORIA STEINEM Beautify your breath – beautify your life.
AMIT RAY I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.
DAN QUAYLE If there is anything that mortals and immortals share in common, it is that there is nothing of grea...
AARON SANTOS Seize the day, then let it go.
MARTY RUBIN Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the...
CARLOS SANTANA No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever."
"Forever has no mea...
ELLEN HOPKINS I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
THICH NHAT HANH You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.
JAY ASHER Life is a journey, not a destination.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a...
KILROY J. OLDSTER You may dream of the future, or prepare for the future or even fear the future, but you may never en...
AARON SANTOS One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is...
R.J. GONZALES Pursuit of contentment is not the pursuit of an elusive tomorrow; it is the celebration of today. In...
MAJID KAZMI Enjoy today. It is one of the "good old days" you will miss in the future!
ETTA SAWYERR He who knows the past well can best explain the present and can tell the probable certainties and un...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fu...
ROY BENNETT Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner.
ERBLIN VUKAJ Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and tha...
CARL HIAASEN For as much as you can, build the past and the future that you can carry yourself.
MARIANA FULGER I have better understanding how difficult and complex life can be, fortunately I know when not to ta...
SHELLIE PALMER Mindfulness is not entering into another planet. It is making you good at what you do. It is restori...
AMIT RAY The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.
PHILIP EMEAGWALI All the things that are in the past are in the past.
PABLO SANDOVAL There's no sustenance in the past.
VIOLETTE LEDUC Idleness is a form of passivity in an active universe.
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON I had a best friend once 20 years down the line a friendship that you just do not get now, i regarde...
GARY F EVANS... Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY I've had two romances since moving to Las Vegas. One was with somebody 12 years older than me, a...
HOLLY MADISON I don't get jealous of other girls, because I was... raised in a cloning lab to be the perfect w...
HOLLY MADISON A person who lives truly in present time is dependent on oneself only not on sycophants’ people.
ANUJ SOMANY Tomorrow is tomorrow.
Future cares have future cures,
And we must mind today.
SOPHOCLES To him, even the momentary was momentous.
G.K. CHESTERTON ‎You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the...
JAN GLIDEWELL Forgetting the past, planning the future, living the present moment through it all
JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it.
GINA GREENLEE Stop a minute, Ambrose!" interrupted Master Nathaniel. "I've got a sudden silly whim that we should ...
HOPE MIRRLEES The most fascinating person I have met so far is indeed Mr. Hugh Hefner. An incredible man!
KATIE PRICE Write to Say something,
Say to Make something,
Make to Be something.
SHASHIDHAR SA The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it...
THOMAS S. MONSON Never let sadness of the past or fear of the future, ruin the happiness in this moment.
BJ MORIN On a motorcycle, I learned to let go of the vast uncertainty and focus instead on what is in front o...
LILY BROOKS-DALTON Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything t...
BILL BRUFORD Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.
RICHARD ROEPER Anxiety is a really crippling condition, and I suffer with it myself, and I feel for anyone who suff...
JAMES ARTHUR I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They...
CAMERON MATHISON Get pass your past, be a presence in your present, and let no one refute your future.
JOHNNIE DENT JR. We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something mea...
RICKY WILLIAMS Walking it makes us feel like this is the time it's happening. You feel like you're living the momen...
CLAIRE VIBERT What day is it?"
It's today," squeaked Piglet.
My favorite day," said Pooh.
A.A. MILNE Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
MAYA ANGELOU Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is yo...
BETTY SMITH Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, ...
IDA SCOTT TAYLOR MCKINNEY Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there...
ALBERT EINSTEIN The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.
LAUREN KATE Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to to...
JERRY SPINELLI How can something feel so crucial in the moment and then seem completely trivial after the fact?
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THICH NHAT HANH When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me fro...
JESSICA WILLIAMS If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fu...
ROY T. BENNETT One action is for now. One time is present. One action shall give up its seat for another. One time ...
AARON SANTOS Your time is now. Live in the moment.
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HUGH MACKAY Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all ava...
HUGH MACKAY No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?
HUGH MACKAY Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was some...
HUGH MACKAY Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.
HUGH MACKAY One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling ...
HUGH MACKAY So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on ...
HUGH MACKAY When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's ...
HUGH JACKMAN Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be...
HUGH LAURIE I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that....
HUGH JACKMAN Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, ...
HUGH LAURIE I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can so...
HUGH JACKMAN I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.
HUGH LAURIE The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's...
HUGH GRANT I think pain is a very - it's an extremely hard thing to empathize moment to moment. And you oft...
HUGH LAURIE Perfectionism is a slow death....If everything were to turn out just as I would want it, just as I w...
HUGH PRATHER I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that h...
HUGH SHELTON