Virginia Woolf Quotes

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.

But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.

It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be for ever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant.

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

People get too caught up in what they don't have and get bogged down as a result. There's joy in the present. It's important to just make the most of the these moments we have. Keep an eye on the future, but don't forget to enjoy NOW.

There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.

For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

I’m beginning to think that you don’t find happiness from living your life looking ahead or back… that you find it when you look around.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

If you don't develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won't be any happier when you get more.

The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the moment, even if it means merely a walk in the country.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

I don't want to not enjoy where I am at this very moment. So, every time I plan something the exact opposite happens. I hope that I'm always satisfied and content like I am right at this very moment.

I sometimes get caught up in the big goals...That aren't really the ultimate goal, which is to be happy for what you have.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.

If we get the good that belongs to us here and now, we must extract the sweetness of each passing minute while it is ours. That is the real art of living in the today.

In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.

There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.