Top 35 One Day at a Time Quotes

1. “Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.”

— Eric Thomas

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2. “Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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3. “The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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4. “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

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5. “Each day provides its own gifts.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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6. “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Positive Motivational Quotes, Empowering Quotes

7. “Today is your day. To start fresh. To eat right. To train hard. To live healthy. To be proud.”

— Bonnie Pfiester

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Choices Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

8. “Keep walking the walk, one step at a time.”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Positive Quotes

9. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

— Buddha

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10. “Take one step at a time, there’s no need to rush.”

— Jordin Sparks

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Different Quotes, Moving Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

11. “Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all.”

— Og Mandino

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Time Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Quotes About Trying

12. “Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

Also featured in: Reflection Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Victory Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions, Self Control Quotes

13. “I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Time Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

14. “I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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15. “Live today like there’s no tomorrow!”

— Jerry Spinelli

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

16. “The key is this: Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.”

— Max Lucado

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Problem-Solving Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

17. “I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.”

— Willie Nelson

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18. “I just live one day at a time.”

— Rick James

19. “Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Impact Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes

20. “One breath, one moment, one day at a time.”

— Kirsten Beyer

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes

21. “Don’t start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it’s yours.”

— Zig Ziglar

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22. “Live life for the moment, because everything else is uncertain.”

— Louis Tomlinson

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Weekend Quotes

23. “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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24. “Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.”

— Omar Khayyam

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Serenity Quotes, Contentment Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Have a Great Day Quotes

25. “Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!”

— Caroline Myss

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Serenity Quotes

26. “Life is so good, and it gets better every day.”

— George Dawson

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Cute Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes

27. “Just for today, I will let go of anger. Just for today, I will let go of worry. Today, I will count my many blessings. Today, I will do my work honestly. Today, I will be kind to every living creature.”

— Mikao Usui

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Care Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Recovery Quotes

28. “The greatest opportunity in the world is found here today… We already know what yesterday has got for us. It’s already gone. Tomorrow, too far away. What about right now!”

— Ray Lewis

Also featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Time Management Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes

29. “Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, New Beginnings Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Have a Great Day Quotes

30. “The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived – not always looked forward to as though the “real” living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.”

— Elisabeth Elliot

Also featured in: Real Quotes, Faith Quotes

31. “Forget yesterday – it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow – you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift – today.”

— Steve Maraboli

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32. “God meets our needs one day at a time.”

— Max Lucado

33. “Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.”

— Jerry Spinelli

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, New Beginnings Quotes, Encouraging Quotes for Students, Engagement Quotes, Beautiful Good Morning Quotes

34. “Enjoy the Journey!”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Journey Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Friday Quotes

35. “Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold.”

— Peace Pilgrim

Also featured in: Have a Great Day Quotes, Beautiful Good Morning Quotes

36. “Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!”

— Elisabeth Elliot

37. “When you wake up, think about winning the day. Don’t worry about a week or a month from now – just think about one day at a time.”

— Drew Brees

Also featured in: Monday Morning Quotes, Have a Great Day Quotes

38. “Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Beautiful Good Morning Quotes