What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.
Interpretation
Focus on the present moment, as it is the only time truly in your control.
This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present. It suggests that while the past is unchangeable and the future is unknown, our actions in the present moment have the power to shape our lives and the lives of others. Therefore, we should cherish and make the most of each moment we have now.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the importance of living in the now.
I don't want people to think I'm not happy when we win - I am. But there's a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, 'This is it - we conquered the world.' We didn't. We just won a game.
I don't believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we've had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
When I talk about a successful program, define that. It's not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.
Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where they can live in peace and take care of themselves. I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and broken promises.
Is your heart right? If your heart isn't right, fix it up today.
It's never what people do that makes us angry; it's what we tell ourselves about what they did.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be a quality and power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do.
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