Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
-Gautama Buddha
Quotations
Future
The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
-Bob Marley
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Alchemist"
The past can't see you, but the future is listening.
-Terri Guillemets
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
-Wayne W. Dyer
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
-Guy De Maupassant
Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Stay on top of your past so you can have a better view of your future.
-Dodinsky
You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.
-Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk
"Survivor"
If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.
-Seth Godin
"Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?"
