Present Day Quotes:

one of the greatest hindrances to happiness in the present day is our tendency to standardize our conception of it.

- J. E. Buckrose

topic: Happiness, Tendencies, Present Day, Conception, Hindrance

Enjoy the present day, trust the least possible to the future.

- Horace

topic: Enjoy, Present Day

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

- Horace

topic: Happy, Enjoy, Present Day

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Live And Learn, Importunate

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

- Albert Einstein

source: "Philomena interview: Steve Coogan". www.sbs.com.au. December 28, 2013.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Live And Learn, Hungry For Knowledge

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Positive Thinking, New Day, Importunate, Indomitable Spirit

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Today, Pandas, Inspiration And Life

Transformation isn't a future event, it's a present day activity

- Jillian Michaels

topic: Events, Transformation, Future Events, Present Day

Each morning is a new beginning of our life. Each day is a finished whole. The present day marks the boundary of our cares and concerns. It is long enough to find God or lose Him, to keep faith or fall into disgrace.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

source: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, David McI. Gracie (2000). “Meditating on the Word”, p.28, Rowman & Littlefield

topic: Morning, Fall, New Beginnings, Care And Concern, Present Day

It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15 years hence, a "thinking center" that will incorporate the functions of present-day libraries together with anticipated advances in information storage and retrieval and ... a network of such centers, connected to one another by wide-band communication lines and to individual users by leased-wire services.

- J. C. R. Licklider

source: J. C. R. Licklider, Robert W. Taylor (1990). “In memoriam, J.C.R. Licklider, 1915-1990”

topic: Communication, Thinking, Years, Present Day

Anyone who has had actual contact with the making of the inventions that built the radio art knows that these inventions have been the product of experiment and work based on physical reasoning, rather than on the mathematicians' calculations and formulae. Precisely the opposite impression is obtained from many of our present day text books and publications.

- Edwin Howard Armstrong

source: "Electronics" by P. Arun, (p. 310), 2005.

topic: Art, Book, Opposites, Publication, Present Day

The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning until today, and which allows the prediction of those it shall undergo in the future. The only way to understand these changes and their causes is to study the present-day state of the globe in order to gradually reconstruct its earlier stages, and to develop probable hypotheses on its future state. Therefore, the present state of the earth is the only solid base on which the theory can rely.

- Horace-Benedict de Saussure

topic: Science, Order, Today, Present Day

Generally speaking, geologists seem to have been much more intent on making little worlds of their own, than in examining the crust of that which they inhabit. It would be much more desirable that facts should be placed in the foreground and theories in the distance, than that theories should be brought forward at the expense of facts. So that, in after times, when the speculations of the present day shall have passed away, from a greater accumulation of information, the facts may be readily seized and converted to account.

- Henry De la Beche

source: "Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations" edited by Carl C. Gaither, Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, Springer Science & Business Media, (p. 863), January 5, 2012.

topic: Distance, World, May, Present Day

History, human or geological, represents our hypothesis, couched in terms of past events, devised to explain our present-day observations.

- M. King Hubbert

topic: Past, Events, Hypothesis, Past Events, Present Day

Finally, it is my most fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now stand, and who has kept us in His hands from the infancy of our Republic to the present day, that He will so overrule all my intentions and actions and inspire the hearts of my fellow-citizens that we may be preserved from dangers of all kinds and continue forever a united and happy people.

- Andrew Jackson

topic: Prayer, Heart, Hands, Fervent Prayer, Present Day

...the Muslims of recent times had fallen very short indeed of the ideals of their faith, ...nothing could be more erroneous than to measure the potentialities of Muhammad's message by the yardstick of present-day Muslim life and thought - just as he [Shaykh Mustafa al-Maraghi] said, 'it would be erroneous to see in the Christians' unloving behavior toward one another a refutation of Christ's message of love...'

- Muhammad Asad

topic: Christian, Islam, Would Be, Refutation, Present Day

One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving that modern art is meaningless. They have put into practice the notion that a bad art work cleverly interpreted according to some obscure Method is more rewarding than a masterpiece wrapped in silence.

- Harold Rosenberg

topic: Art, Practice, Silence, Present Day

Present-Day Wickedness, Apostasy and Modern Civilization Cannot Prevent Revival.

- John R. Rice

source: John R. Rice (2000). “We Can Have Revival Now: Soul Winner's Fire”, p.137, Sword of the Lord Publishers

topic: Inspiration, Civilization, Wickedness, Apostasy, Present Day

To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and on the same question which now divides our own country; that these will continue through all future time; that every one takes his side in favor of the many, or of the few, according to his constitution, and the circumstances in which he is placed.

- Thomas Jefferson

source: Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers”, p.208

topic: Country, Party, Differences, Differences Of Opinion, Future Time

Live while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day; Live while you live the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord, in my views let both united be; I live to pleasure when I live to thee.

- Philip Doddridge

source: Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis (1807). “The family expositor: or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section ...”, p.32

topic: Views, Giving, Sacred, Present Day

Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off!

- Swami Vivekananda

source: Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2613, Manonmani Publishers

topic: Buddhism, Growth, Branches, Present Day, Hinduism And Buddhism

Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the teaching of the Church, transmitted in orderly succession from the apostles, and remaining in the Churches to the present day, is still preserved, that alone is to be accepted as truth which differs in no respect from ecclesiastical and apostolica tradition.

- Origen

source: Origen (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Origen (Annotated Edition)”, p.54, Jazzybee Verlag

topic: Teaching, Thinking, Church, Predecessors, Present Day

Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their legislation. You can't find much actual global warming in present-day weather observations. Climate change is a matter of geologic time, something that the earth routinely does on its own without asking anyone's permission or explaining itself.

- Robert B. Laughlin

topic: Government, Weather, Doe, Heal Itself, Geologic Time

The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day conditions and to extol the blessings of socialism. They have never attempted to prove their fallacious dogmas, all they did was to call their adversaries names and cast suspicion upon their motives. And, unfortunately, the average citizen cannot see through these stratagems. The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.

- Ludwig von Mises

topic: Philosophy, Liars, Blessing, Present Day

Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect a source of strength for socialism which traditional liberalism sadly lacks. Speculation about general principles provides an opportunity for the play of the imagination of those who are unencumbered by much knowledge of the facts of present-day life. Their ideas suffer from inherent contradictions, and any attempt to put them into practice must produce something utterly different from what they expect.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

topic: Philosophy, Character, Opportunity, Present Day

The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness.

- Arthur W. Pink

source: Arthur W. Pink (2001). “A. W. Pink's Studies in the Scriptures”, p.373, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

topic: Fire, Lakes, Wish, Evangelists, Saviour

The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings, and the sort of beauty changeless mountains present to senses tried by the present day kaleidoscope of events.

- Morris Kline

source: Morris Kline (1964). “Mathematics in Western Culture”, p.470, Oxford University Press

topic: Math, Challenges, Mind, Math And Love, Math Problems

When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored names in present-day writing-and it's not going to be accepted unless it's as good as theirs. (And it'll probably have to be better.)

- Daniel Quinn

topic: Writing, Editors, Names, Present Day

If adjustment is necessary, it should be made primarily with regard to the position the homosexual occupies in present-day society, and society should more often be treated than the homosexual.

- Harry Benjamin

topic: Gay, Made, Should, Gay Rights, Present Day

Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.

- Richard Dawkins

topic: Atheist, Understanding, Religion, Creationist, Present Day

My own belief is that in most ages and in most places obscure psychological forces led men to adopt systems involving quite unnecessary cruelty, and that this is still the case among the most civilized races at the present day.

- Bertrand Russell

source: Bertrand Russell (2009). “Marriage and Morals”, p.11, Routledge

topic: Men, Race, Age, Present Day

I tell lies sometimes. The last time I lied was a year ago. I absolutely detest lying. You could say that lying and silence are the two greatest sins of present day society. Actually, I lie a lot, and I'm always clamming up.

- Haruki Murakami

topic: Lying, Years, Two, Present Day

For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Eye, Tongue, Wonder, Present Day

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified.

- Havelock Ellis

source: Havelock Ellis (2012). “Little Essays of Love and Virtue”, p.32, tredition

topic: Rejection, Ignorant, Sides, Crude, Present Day

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

- William Law

source: William Law, P. G. Stanwood (1978). “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love”, p.327, Paulist Press

topic: Summer, Perfection, Today, Present Day

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.

- Anne Sullivan Macy

topic: Light, Creative, Innovation, Spirited, Pedagogy

I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality.

- Christina Ricci

topic: Hate, Reality, Actors, Present Day

Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America.

- Johann Most

topic: Country, America, Agitation, Present Day

If you expect the present day school system to give history to you, you are dreaming. This, we have to do ourselves. The Chinese didn't go out in the world and beg people to teach Chinese studies or let them teach Chinese studies. The Japanese didn't do that either. People don't beg other people to restore their history; they do it themselves.

- John Henrik Clarke

source: John Henrik Clarke (1991). “Africans at the crossroads: notes for an African world revolution”, Africa World Pr

topic: Dream, School, People, Present Day

It may happen in the next hundred years that the English novelists of the present day will come to be valued as we now value the artists and craftsmen of the late eighteenth century.

- Evelyn Waugh

source: Evelyn Waugh (1958). “The world of Evelyn Waugh”

topic: Artist, Years, May, Present Day

I paint inspired by my father, a well known character of the nightlife; a clandestine gambling capitalist and owner of three brothels in Argentina. I develop my work in a time that, from my point of view, is much more romantic than the present day.

- Fabian Perez

topic: Father, Character, Views, Clandestine, Brothels

One of the most extraordinary things about industrial society of the present day is its idiot lack of memory. Tabloids and movies take the place of mental processes and revolts, crimes, despairs pass off in a dribble of vague words and rubber stamp phrases without leaving a scratch on the mind of the driven instalment-paying, subway-packing mass.

- John Dos Passos

topic: Memories, Leaving, Mind, Packing, Dribble

Whoever heard me assert that the grey cat playing just now in the yard is the same one that did jumps and tricks there five hundred years ago will think whatever he likes of me, but it is a stranger form of madness to imagine that the present-day cat is fundamentally an entirely different one.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

source: "The World as Will and Representation". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819.

topic: Cat, Thinking, Years, Present Day

In many ways, Big Brother is the present day equivalent of a 1980s Club 18-30 Holiday - flirting, sunbathing, silly little organised games, and lots of people you'd like to remove from the genepool with a cricket bat.

- Charlie Brooker

topic: Brother, Silly, Holiday, Sunbathing, Present Day

All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers... Drama's always been realistic and there's always been a detective about... Every play's an investigation brought to a successful conclusion.

- Eugene Ionesco

topic: Drama, Successful, Play, Ancient Greece, Present Day

There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five social diseases surround them, even in early childhood. There is the decline in fitness due to modern methods of locomotion; the decline in initiative due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; the decline in care and skill due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; the decline in self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of tranquilizers and stimulants, and the decline in compassion, which William Temple called "spiritual death.

- Kurt Hahn

topic: Spiritual, Compassion, Self, Poisonous, Spiritual Death

I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social workers, bricklayers) can bring things to a halt if their particular demands are not met. (Meanwhile, the irrelevance of each profession increases, in proportion to its increasing rigidity.) Such lucky groups demand more in each go-round - but meantime, the number who are permanently unemployed grows and grows.

- Ted Nelson

topic: Numbers, Irrelevance, Groups, Social Worker, Rigidity

Intelligent investment is more a matter of mental approach than it is of technique. A sound mental approach toward stock fluctuations is the touchstone of all successful investment under present-day conditions.

- Benjamin Graham

source: "The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing". Chapter II, The Investor and Stock-Market Fluctuations, p. 21, 1949.

topic: Successful, Intelligent, Technique, Present Day, Fluctuation

The real difficulty with thousands in the present day is not that Christianity has been found wanting, but that it has never been seriously tried.

- Henry Parry Liddon

topic: Real, Christianity, Found, Present Day

Only through apprehending, by means of present-day creations, how art is created, can the creations of other periods be genuinely appreciated.

- Harold Rosenberg

source: Harold Rosenberg (1983). “Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations”, p.136, University of Chicago Press

topic: Art, Mean, Appreciated, Present Day

An aphorism is a generalization of sorts, and our present-day writers seem more at home with the particular.

- Anatole Broyard

topic: Home, Aphorism, Particular, Generalization, Present Day

A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.

- Henrik Ibsen

source: Henrik Ibsen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Illustrated)”, p.6835, Delphi Classics

topic: Women, Views, Law, Present Day, Judicial System

The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates - the inhabitants of the marketing zones in the consumer society, television audiences and news magazine readerships, who vote with money at the cash counter rather than with ballot paper at the polling boot. These huge and passive electorates are wide open to any opportunist using the psychological weaponry of fear and anxiety, elements that are carefully blanched out of the world of domestic products and consumer software.

- J. G. Ballard

source: "A User's Guide to the Millennium". Book by J. G. Ballard, 1996.

topic: Anxiety, Marketing, News, Electorate, Weaponry