Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

I wonder if any element of interior design is more personal than color? Nothing can more quicly reveal aspect of personality and character than the… — Van Day Truex
A total absence of self-doubt is the first sign of insanity. — Sandy Woodward
Courage is not the absence of fear, it is taking a step forward when you are afraid. — Unknown Author
Peace is not merely the absence of warfare, any more than true health is simply the absence of disease. Nor is peace simply a quiet… — Anodea Judith
Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient… — Alain de Botton
Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite. — James MacDonald
Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from Greek mythology. They're wrong. In fact,… — Kathleen Tessaro
It’s been easier to convince people to hand over half their income, their children to war, and their freedoms in perpetuity - than to engage… — Stefan Molyneux
What is it that we call loneliness. It can’t simply be the absence of others, you can be alone and not lonely, and you can… — Pascal Mercier
The purity of man is the absence of something, the purity of Jesus is the presence of something. — Ravi Zacharias
Since you went the sun refuses to shine The sky joins me in weeping for your absence All our pleasure is gone with you ...… — Unknown Author
Absence Is To Love, What The Wind Is To Fire, When It's a Small Fire The Wind Kills It But When It's a Real Fire… — Diane von Furstenberg
Courage is not the absence of fear — Richard Stengel
Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the… — Horatius Bonar
As my friend Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe has argued persuasively, there is an element of positivity in the visible world, and in color particularly, that totally eludes… — Dave Hickey
For a long time - and this particular time with greater force than usual - summer has been a season that gives me a sense… — Patrick Modiano
All human desire is poised on an axis of paradox, absence and presence its poles, love and hate its motive energies. — Anne Carson
The absence of disease is not health. — Shawn Achor
Anarchy is all around us. Without it, our world would fall apart. All progress is due to it. All order extends from it. All blessed… — Jeffrey Tucker
Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the guise of nonviolence… — Miroslav Volf
Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort. — Mark Rippetoe
From the almost total absence of fossil evidence relative to the origin of the phyla, it follows that any explanation of the mechanism in the… — Pierre-Paul Grasse
But say you do find the right people - how do you love them without smothering them?...How do you not suffocate them with all the… — Simon Van Booy
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. — Mary Kay Ash

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