If things are tough, remember that every flower had to go through a whole lot of dirt to get there. So do not grieve about a bitter experience. The present is slipping by while you are regretting the past and worrying about the future. Regret will not prevent tomorrow's sorrows; it will only rob today of its strength.
Rather than compare yourself to others, compare your present progress with your potential.
Through Jesus, your past is explained, your present has a purpose, and your future is secure. What more could you really want in life?
No matter how hard you try to be present at home, you're always doing the things that you have to do.
As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?
It is not difficult to nourish admirable thoughts when the stars are present.
The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.
To live in the past or in the future may be less satisfying than to live in the present, but it can never be as disillusioning.
Today is the parent of tomorrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social. Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. The means used to prepare the future become its cornerstone.
I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.
If Bible Christianity is to survive the present world upheaval, we shall need to have a fresh revelation of the greatness and the beauty of Jesus. . . . He alone can raise our cold hearts to rapture and restore again the art of true worship.
The immense wealth of doctrine and institutions can become a handicap if we are trying to present all of that to a person who has lost all contact with the Church and no longer knows who Jesus is. That would be like clothing a baby with one of those enormous, heavy brocaded copes that priests and bishops used to wear. Instead, it is necessary to help this person establish a relationship with Jesus.
Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms. . . Confusion here is fatal.
When one misses an opportunity one is apt to fancy that another will never present itself.
Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action.
To present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths. That’s just the act of all good writing.
That which is lacking in the present world is a profound knowledge of the nature of things.
Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.
Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward, your destiny, is in the present moment
You should take some responsibility for the way you present yourself. But you should not be hung up on your looks, whether you are ugly or handsome, because it isn't an achievement.