Quotes on Moments

It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.

I've always enjoyed being in the background, sitting in a cafe, watching people. But now, when I sit in a cafe, sometimes people watch me. It's a challenge. But it's usually people who want to say 'your book transformed my life', or something... so then I'm joyful. One moment before, I didn't want them to recognise me, but when they do, I'm glad.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.

If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.

I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment it is the most vulnerable - one negative comment could knock you off course.

In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

When the last moment arrives, praise and blame will be the same to you, to me, and to others. We are here to work, and will have to leave all when the call comes.