Live Today Fully: 81 Tomorrow Is Not Promised Quotes

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1. “Tomorrow’s not promised. You may love someone; you may have a grudge because of something that they did to you, and it was unfair, but life’s not fair. Life is very short, so clean up your grudges. Let’s not hold them.

– Mya

Mya Quote: “Tomorrow's not promised. You may love someone; you may have a grudge because of something that they did to you, and it was unfair, but life's not fair. Life is very short, so clean up your grudges. Let's not hold them.”

2. “If you love someone, you should say it often, You never know when they’ll be layin’ in a coffin. Wake up, it’s important that you know that No one on Earth is promised tomorrow.

– MC Lyte

MC Lyte Quote: “If you love someone, you should say it often, You never know when they’ll be layin’ in a coffin. Wake up, it’s important that you know that No one on Earth is promised tomorrow.”

3. “When you go through a significant injury and have a major career change, you truly do go one year at a time, and you don’t look past what’s going on now, because you are not sure what’s going to happen. Tomorrow is not promised.

– Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning Quote: “When you go through a significant injury and have a major career change, you truly do go one year at a time, and you don't look past what's going on now, because you are not sure what's going to happen. Tomorrow is not promised.”

4. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

– Earl Nightingale

Earl Nightingale Quote: “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”

5. “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Quote: “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

6. “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?

– John

John Quote: “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

7. “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

– Genesis

Genesis Quote: “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

8. “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

– Matthew

Matthew Quote: “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

9. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

– Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quote: “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

10. “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.

– James

James Quote: “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

11. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.

– Mary Anne Radmacher

Mary Anne Radmacher Quote: “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

12. “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

– Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu Quote: “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”

13. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

– Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso Quote: “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”

14. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

– Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Quote: “I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”

15. “Paradise is a promise no god bothers to keep. There’s only now, and tomorrow nothing will be the same, whether we like it or not.

– Heidi Heilig

Heidi Heilig Quote: “Paradise is a promise no god bothers to keep. There’s only now, and tomorrow nothing will be the same, whether we like it or not.”

16. “If her death taught me anything, it’s this. Cherish the time you have. Don’t worry about tomorrow. Right now is all we are promised.

– J.A. Saare

J.A. Saare Quote: “If her death taught me anything, it’s this. Cherish the time you have. Don’t worry about tomorrow. Right now is all we are promised.”

17. “Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.

– Gina Greenlee

Gina Greenlee Quote: “Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.”

18. “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

– Jim Watkins

Jim Watkins Quote: “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”

19. “Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

– Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes Quote: “Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.”

20. “Back To Love’ is a way of letting people know that sometimes you get caught up in trying to be successful in school or in your social life, and it’s a reminder not to forget that each day people are getting older. Nobody is promised tomorrow, so we should make sure that we spend quality time with quality people.

– Anthony Hamilton

Anthony Hamilton Quote: “Back To Love' is a way of letting people know that sometimes you get caught up in trying to be successful in school or in your social life, and it's a reminder not to forget that each day people are getting older. Nobody is promised tomorrow, so we should make sure that we spend quality time with quality people.”

21. “Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

– Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith Quote: “Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.”

22. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.

– Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Quote: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

23. “Tomorrow is promised to no man, though I’m under the impression I have an earthly meeting with God on the day after tomorrow. So that’s nice.

– Jarod Kintz

Jarod Kintz Quote: “Tomorrow is promised to no man, though I’m under the impression I have an earthly meeting with God on the day after tomorrow. So that’s nice.”

24. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.

– Eric Thomas

Eric Thomas Quote: “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”

25. “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts.

– Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Quote: “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts.”

26. “It’s true when they say tomorrow isn’t promised and live every day like it’s your last.

– Dominique Thomas

Dominique Thomas Quote: “It’s true when they say tomorrow isn’t promised and live every day like it’s your last.”

27. “Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.

– Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Quote: “Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.”

28. “Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.”

29. “Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry, Worry never fixes anything.

– Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Quote: “Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry, Worry never fixes anything.”

30. “Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.

– Walter Payton

Walter Payton Quote: “Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.”

31. “God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.

– St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo Quote: “God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.”

32. “You scare me sometimes. I’m always afraid I’m going to wake up tomorrow, and you’ll be gone.

– Carian Cole

Carian Cole Quote: “You scare me sometimes. I’m always afraid I’m going to wake up tomorrow, and you’ll be gone.”

33. “If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.

– Azim Premji

Azim Premji Quote: “If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”

34. “You have a beautiful laugh. Like the promise of tomorrow.

– Renee Ahdieh

Renee Ahdieh Quote: “You have a beautiful laugh. Like the promise of tomorrow.”

35. “So many promises wrapped up in excuses, always tomorrow but never today.

– Michael Faudet

Michael Faudet Quote: “So many promises wrapped up in excuses, always tomorrow but never today.”

36. “I always say you’ve only got one life to live, and you’re not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.

– Fantasia Barrino

Fantasia Barrino Quote: “I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.”

37. “I don’t care that we’re not guaranteed tomorrow. I’ll promise you forever, every day of your forever.

– Regina Bartley

Regina Bartley Quote: “I don’t care that we’re not guaranteed tomorrow. I’ll promise you forever, every day of your forever.”

38. “Since our yesterdays are gone and our tomorrows are never promised, today I want to thank all my amazing friends and family for being in my life.

– Steven Aitchison

Steven Aitchison Quote: “Since our yesterdays are gone and our tomorrows are never promised, today I want to thank all my amazing friends and family for being in my life.”

39. “Live today facing forward—with your back on yesterday, your eyes on tomorrow, and your head and heart in the moment.

– Richelle E. Goodrich

Richelle E. Goodrich Quote: “Live today facing forward—with your back on yesterday, your eyes on tomorrow, and your head and heart in the moment.”

40. “Embrace life and live every moment to the fullest, for tomorrow is a fragile promise.

– Lorri Faye

Lorri Faye Quote: “Embrace life and live every moment to the fullest, for tomorrow is a fragile promise.”

41. “When 99% of people doubt your idea, you’re either gravely wrong or about to make history.

– Scott Belsky

Scott Belsky Quote: “When 99% of people doubt your idea, you’re either gravely wrong or about to make history.”

42. “I can’t promise you forever, Blaine. Hell, I don’t even know if I can promise you tomorrow. And you deserve so much more than a fling.

– Nya Rayne

Nya Rayne Quote: “I can’t promise you forever, Blaine. Hell, I don’t even know if I can promise you tomorrow. And you deserve so much more than a fling.”

43. “Two things define you, Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

– Imam Ali

Imam Ali Quote: “Two things define you, Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.”

44. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.

– Will Smith

Will Smith Quote: “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.”

45. “Here today, maybe gone tomorrow! Never take anyone or nothing for granted! Be sure to count your blessing daily because tomorrow isn’t promised.

– Surgeo Bell

Surgeo Bell Quote: “Here today, maybe gone tomorrow! Never take anyone or nothing for granted! Be sure to count your blessing daily because tomorrow isn’t promised.”

46. “If all you can promise me is today, I’ll take it and hope for tomorrow.

– Ellen Hopkins

Ellen Hopkins Quote: “If all you can promise me is today, I’ll take it and hope for tomorrow.”

47. “When you realize tomorrow is never promised, every “today” is cherished. Embrace this special day with gratitude, hope, love and joy. Celebrate, content in the knowledge that God has granted you the BLESSING of another promising year to fulfill your dreams and claim the life you want and so deserve. – Happy Birthday!

– Carlos Wallace

Carlos Wallace Quote: “When you realize tomorrow is never promised, every “today” is cherished. Embrace this special day with gratitude, hope, love and joy. Celebrate, content in the knowledge that God has granted you the BLESSING of another promising year to fulfill your dreams and claim the life you want and so deserve. - Happy Birthday!”

48. “You never know the plan. You never know what’s going to happen. We are not even promised tomorrow. I just try to focus on one day at a time.

– Morgan Wallen

Morgan Wallen Quote: “You never know the plan. You never know what's going to happen. We are not even promised tomorrow. I just try to focus on one day at a time.”

49. “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

– Dalai Lama XIV

Dalai Lama XIV Quote: “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”

50. “We’re the only major company in the U.S. that is solely in the professional beauty industry. We promised hairdressers when we started that we would stay with them. If I went retail tomorrow then we would be four times our size overnight, but I’m going to be the one guy who kept his word.

– John Paul DeJoria

John Paul DeJoria Quote: “We're the only major company in the U.S. that is solely in the professional beauty industry. We promised hairdressers when we started that we would stay with them. If I went retail tomorrow then we would be four times our size overnight, but I'm going to be the one guy who kept his word.”

51. “I realize we’re not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don’t want to get on the first busload that is going.

– Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Mandrell Quote: “I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.”

52. “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.

– Goi Nasu

Goi Nasu Quote: “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.”

53. “We have to know that nothing is promised, nothing is guaranteed, especially tomorrow.

– Chuck Pagano

Chuck Pagano Quote: “We have to know that nothing is promised, nothing is guaranteed, especially tomorrow.”

54. “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.

– Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Quote: “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”

55. “If tomorrow is promised to no one, why do we spend today building the foundation for tomorrow. The future may not be promised, but it may be filled with promise.

– Nikki DiCaro

Nikki DiCaro Quote: “If tomorrow is promised to no one, why do we spend today building the foundation for tomorrow. The future may not be promised, but it may be filled with promise.”

56. “You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.

– Marie Lu

Marie Lu Quote: “You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”

57. “Nothings promised, not the rest of tonight, not all of tomorrow!

– Eric Jerome Dickey

Eric Jerome Dickey Quote: “Nothings promised, not the rest of tonight, not all of tomorrow!”

58. “Tomorrow’s not promised so you’ve really got to take advantage of what you have in the present.

– Diana Taurasi

Diana Taurasi Quote: “Tomorrow's not promised so you've really got to take advantage of what you have in the present.”

59. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

– William Arthur Ward

William Arthur Ward Quote: “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

60. “Tomorrow is not promised to any of us.

– Kirby Puckett

Kirby Puckett Quote: “Tomorrow is not promised to any of us.”

61. “What if you were to die today? Tomorrow is not a promise but a chance.

– Beth Nimmo

Beth Nimmo Quote: “What if you were to die today? Tomorrow is not a promise but a chance.”

62. “Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

– James

James Quote: “Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.”

63. “There’s nothing we can do other than live with the promise of tomorrow while knowing it may not come.

– Jennifer L. Armentrout

Jennifer L. Armentrout Quote: “There’s nothing we can do other than live with the promise of tomorrow while knowing it may not come.”

64. “Tomorrow is not promised to us. Start dancing in the rain and look for your rainbow through the storm clouds. Once you find it, don’t ever let it go.

– Amelia Hutchins

Amelia Hutchins Quote: “Tomorrow is not promised to us. Start dancing in the rain and look for your rainbow through the storm clouds. Once you find it, don’t ever let it go.”

65. “From my old neighborhood, I learned nothing was guaranteed, not even life itself. You better get it today, because tomorrow is not promised.

– Junior Seau

Junior Seau Quote: “From my old neighborhood, I learned nothing was guaranteed, not even life itself. You better get it today, because tomorrow is not promised.”

66. “Today is the tomorrow you were promised yesterday.

– Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan Quote: “Today is the tomorrow you were promised yesterday.”

67. “If something happens to me tomorrow, I’m going to go to Heaven, and that’s for sure because God’s promised to us in the Bible.

– Albert Pujols

Albert Pujols Quote: “If something happens to me tomorrow, I'm going to go to Heaven, and that's for sure because God's promised to us in the Bible.”

68. “Savor every sunrise because no one is promised tomorrow or even the rest of today.

– Eleanor Brownn

Eleanor Brownn Quote: “Savor every sunrise because no one is promised tomorrow or even the rest of today.”

69. “Today is full of promise and hope. Yesterday was either like a rainbow or a fog that has dispersed into thin air. Tomorrow is yet to come and will take care of itself.

– Susan Mills Wilson

Susan Mills Wilson Quote: “Today is full of promise and hope. Yesterday was either like a rainbow or a fog that has dispersed into thin air. Tomorrow is yet to come and will take care of itself.”

70. “When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.

– Karen E. Quinones Miller

Karen E. Quinones Miller Quote: “When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.”

71. “Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again.

– Marie Lu

Marie Lu Quote: “Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again.”

72. “Life is short, tomorrow’s not promised, so to be there with my kids, and do things with them, and go on family vacations – this is more valuable than anything.

– Jadakiss

Jadakiss Quote: “Life is short, tomorrow's not promised, so to be there with my kids, and do things with them, and go on family vacations - this is more valuable than anything.”

73. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.

– Elisabeth Foley

Elisabeth Foley Quote: “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

74. “We aren’t promised tomorrow. We aren’t even really promised today, or that next second, or minute that ticks by. We’re gifted with moments, each one precious, each one different. So take those moments and use them. Don’t let them pass by in anger. Don’t let those moments build up into silence between the two of you, because you never know if they’ll be taken, and we never know the final number of moments we’ve been awarded. Let no moment go unused. Let no moments escape where you could have expressed love for one another.

– Rachel Van Dyken

75. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

– Alan Watts

Alan Watts Quote: “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”

76. “The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh Quote: “The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.”

77. “If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.

– Kevin Ngo

Kevin Ngo Quote: “If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.”

78. “But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece o time we call today.

– Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins Quote: “But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece o time we call today.”

79. “Don’t put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise

– Debra Anastasia

Debra Anastasia Quote: “Don’t put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise”

80. “What does waiting do? None of us are promised a tomorrow. We don’t always get a later.

– Jennifer L. Armentrout

Jennifer L. Armentrout Quote: “What does waiting do? None of us are promised a tomorrow. We don’t always get a later.”

81. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.

– Chris Grosser

Chris Grosser Quote: “Opportunities don't happen. You create them.”
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