Moments Sayings and Quotes

In our daily routines of work, eat, rest, repeat, life can pass by pretty quickly. It’s important to savor the little moments in between that remind us we are alive. Take a mini break and live in the present with the collection of wise and insightful moments quotes below.

Remember the sole life which one can lose is that which he is living at the moment. Marcus Aurelius
Every situation— nay, every moment— is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity. Goethe
In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. Christopher Fry
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. Johann Kaspar Lavater
All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment. French Proverb
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Thoreau
One moment in eternity is as important as another moment, for eternity changeth not, neither is one part better than another part. Far Eastern Saying
If you take care of each moment, you will take care of all time. Give up all hope for results and be in the moment. Buddha
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you hardly catch it going. Tennessee Williams
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw
We are being born and dying at every moment. Dogen
I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. Abraham Maslow
For life is holy and every moment is precious. Jack Kerouac
Life is great and wondrous mystery and the only thing we know that we have for sure is what is right here right now. Don't miss it. Leo Buscaglia
Don't think about the future. Just be here now. Don't think about the past. Just be here now. Ram Dass
The past is a ghost, the future has a dream, and all we ever have is now. Bill Cosby
Best to take the moment present, as a present for the moment. Stephen Sondheim
You will never take a breath more or less important than the one you are taking now. You will never be in a day or year more or less important than the one you are in now. Tolbert McCarroll
All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment. Mervyn Morris
You should actually live your life as if this is the only moment you have, for sure, Because the fact is that this is the only moment you have. Chopra
You don't get to choose how you're going to die,or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now! Joan Baez
What we are left with then is to appreciate the moment we are in. This is the best time to be alive, because we are, and to enjoy it to the fullest, because we can. Larry Chang
The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is. Marianne Williamson
This very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow's happiness grow. Margaret Lindsey
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. / And be it gash or gold it will not come / Again in this identical disguise. Gwendolyn Brooks
Be like a very small joyous child living gloriously in the ever present Now without a single worry or concern about even the next moment of time. Eileen Caddy
The only way to deal with the future is to function efficiently in the Now. Gita Bellin
Each second that we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that never was before and never will be again. Pablo Casals
It is now, and in this world, that we must live. Gide
above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present. He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past. Thoreau