Maxwell Maltz Quotes

Worrying about next, tomorrow cripples our ability to think, act and exercise faith in the present and the present only is ours.

Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.

We all spend so much time worrying about the future that the present moment slips right out of our hands. And so all we have left is retrospection and anticipation, retrospection and anticipation. In which case what's left to recall but past anticipation? What's left to anticipate but future retrospection?

Don't worry about what might be...Worry about what is.

I have to live for the day, and not worry about or try to know what tomorrow brings.... if I've learned one thing from all that'shappened to me, it's that if you would know what tomorrow brings, you may not want to live it.

I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

I plan for the future, but the only day I really worry about is the day I'm living right now.

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment.

Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer, and you are the dance.

Give your fullest attention to whatever the moment presents.

The time to show up fully for life is right now, whatever the circumstances.

There are two kinds of people: one who goes on thinking about the future, not bothering about the present at all. That future is not going to come, that future is just a fool's imagination. I don't think about the future. I am a totally different kind of person. I don't think about the future at all, it is irrelevant.

An amazing realization is in the present moment there is only what is, but there are no problems. And if your attention remains in the Now, you no longer inhabit a world of problems. Challenges you may still face, but they come to you in the space of Now.

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.

I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.

The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.

I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past.

I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be.

I am a person who likes to be in the present.

I don’t think of dying, I think of being here now.

The reality is there is only each present moment: You are called to give a talk. You get out of a building and into a car. You look out of the window. You arrive at the venue. You sit in the chair; you wait; you step out onto the stage. Every movement is simple. There is only that.

Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind... then the Great Way is right before your eyes.

Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.

We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in mental movie making.