The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.

 —James Oppenheim

Now is the only time. How we related to it creates the future. In other words, if we are going to be more cheerful in the future, it’s because of our aspiration and exertion to be cheerful in the present. What we do accumulates; the future is the result of what we do right now.

 —Pema Chodron

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

 —Anne Frank

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.

 —Margaret Bonnano

Light tomorrow with today.

 —Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The word now is like a bomb through the winder, and it ticks.

—Arthur Miller

History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that’s worth a tinker’s damn is the history we make today.

 —Henry Ford

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

 —H.L. Mencken

God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there it.

 —Marianne Williamson

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

 —Buddha

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate.

 —Thornton Wilder