Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future. Votes: 3
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonEverything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere. Votes: 1
Twyla TharpTheatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone. Votes: 1
Simon McBurneyMy future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future. Votes: 1
Vladimir HorowitzNo reproach is like that we clothe in a smile, and present with a bow.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonBe always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThose who have no hope for a future life are already dead for the present one.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGuilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIn the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.
James Russell LowellThe present is a powerful deity. [Ger., Die Gegenwart ist eine machtige Gottin.]
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFor a person who lives 100 years in the future, the present comes as no surprise.
Viktor SchaubergerEverything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.
Alice Herz-SommerI can face anything, except the future, and certain parts of the past and present.
Ashleigh BrilliantThe present is no more exempt from the sneer of the future than the past has been.
Cassius Jackson KeyserThe disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.
Gilbert K. ChestertonGreat has been our past, wonderful is our present, and glorious can be our future.
Gordon B. HinckleyTake a new look at your present "impossible." Consider positive ways to handle it.
Norman Vincent Peale