If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
Lao TzuDo not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
BuddhaHe who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past
George OrwellThe secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
BuddhaThe greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Oprah WinfreyHappy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.
Arnold H. GlasowThe timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Kahlil GibranOur consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience.
Alan WattsI, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day today and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho MarxThe greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaLive in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
Christopher PaoliniHappiness is not something you postpone for the future, it is something you design for the present.
Jim Rohn