100+ Inspiring Quotes to Live in the Moment

In our fast-paced world, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle and forget the value of the present moment. This article explores the profound impact of living in the moment through a series of compelling quotes. Each section, dedicated to a different aspect of "living this moment," offers wisdom and inspiration to ground us in the here and now. From mindfulness to embracing joy and overcoming adversity, these quotes offer a guiding light to help you fully engage with life. So, take a deep breath, slow down, and immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom of living in the present.
"The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." - Abraham Maslow
"Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it." - Sharon Salzberg
"Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more." - Mother Teresa
"Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life." - Marcus Aurelius
"Feel the fullness of life in each moment." - Eckhart Tolle
"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have." - Eckhart Tolle
"Mindfulness is the practice of being present." - Debasish Mridha
"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Mindfulness clears the windshield of the mind so that we can see things as they really are." - Travis Eliot
"Every moment is a fresh beginning." - T.S. Eliot
"He who is awakened does not chase after a passing moment, nor does he let the present slip away." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour." - Walt Whitman
"Savor the moment, like the sunrise, cherish the warmth." - Osho
"There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it." - Richard Bach
"The light heart lives long." - William Shakespeare
"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day." - Henri Nouwen
"Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is." - Mandy Hale
"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough." - Emily Dickinson
"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet." - Sarah Louise Delany
"The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something." - Søren Kierkegaard
"Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. Trust. Hope. Love. Wish. Believe. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go." - Mandy Hale
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James
"Life is about making an impact, not making an income." - Kevin Kruse
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now." - Chinese Proverb
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
"Get busy living or get busy dying." - Stephen King
"May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." - Tony Robbins
"There is no education like adversity." - Benjamin Disraeli
"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." - C.S. Lewis
"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." - J.K. Rowling
"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." - Napoleon Hill
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure." - Napoleon Hill
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." - Joshua J. Marine
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." - Vince Lombardi
"Out of difficulties grow miracles." - Jean de La Bruyère
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity." - Lou Holtz
"Change is the only constant in life." - Heraclitus
"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change." - Jim Rohn
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow." - Lao Tzu
"It doesn't matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go." - Bob Proctor
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change." - Albert Einstein
"People can cry much easier than they can change." - James Baldwin
"Change your thoughts and you change your world." - Norman Vincent Peale
"When you're finished changing, you're finished." - Benjamin Franklin
"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." - Audrey Hepburn
"Where there is love, there is life." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." - Eden Ahbez
"The love we give away is the only love we keep." - Elbert Hubbard
"The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love." - Henry Miller
"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." - George Sand
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." - David Viscott
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." - Aristotle
"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." - Mother Teresa
"Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." - Franklin P. Jones
"Gratitude turns what we have into enough." - Aesop
"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others." - Cicero
"In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." - Charles Dickens
"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul." - Henry Ward Beecher
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude." - A.A. Milne
"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies." - John Milton
"When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in." - Kristin Armstrong
"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone." - Gertrude Stein
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." - William Arthur Ward
"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust
"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance." - Coco Chanel
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify." - Henry David Thoreau
"Simplicity is the essence of happiness." - Cedric Bledsoe
"Simplicity is not about deprivation. Simplicity is about a greater appreciation for things that really matter." - Anonymous
"A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life." - Winston Churchill
"The simplest things are often the truest." - Richard Bach
"Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy." - Isaac Newton
"Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough." - Charles Dudley Warner
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them." - Paulo Coelho
"Simplify your life. You’ll have time for the important things." - Anonymous
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." - E.E. Cummings
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." - William Faulkner
"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage." - Thucydides
"Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish." - Jessica N. S. Yourko
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit." - Baltasar Gracian
"Courage is grace under pressure." - Ernest Hemingway
"It takes courage to live life. It takes bravery to face the unexpected, difficult times." - Lailah Gifty Akita
"The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly." - Corra Harris
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" - Mary Anne Radmacher
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu
"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul." - Emily Dickinson
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Let's be more hopeful, more positive, and more joyful." - Osho
"Every cloud has a silver lining." - John Milson
"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality." - Jonas Salk
"While there's life, there's hope." - Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us." - Samuel Smiles
"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear." - Suzanne Collins
"The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something." - Barack Obama
"In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope." - Barack Obama