Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the only… — Phil Dusenberry
When your life is working there will be an absence of drama — Iyanla Vanzant
Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it. — Scott Turow
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it… — Mark Twain
Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death is not... It's the absence… — Tom Stoppard
Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. — Ed Bliss
We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears. — John McCain
Peace is more than just absence of war. It is rather a state in which no people of any country, in fact no group of… — Poul Hartling
In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for. — Elijah Wood
The absence of hope can rot a society from within. — Barack Obama
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. — John Dryden
What do marriage vows show? They show that you may want to separate sometime in the future. If there is love between two people, the… — Rajneesh
The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity. — Charles de Foucauld
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking… — Toni Morrison
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor… — Pope Paul VI
To wage war on misery and to struggle against injustice is to promote, along with improved conditions, the human and spiritual progress of all men,… — Pope Paul VI
I believe that peace is not merely an absence of war but the nurture of human life, and that in time this nurture would do… — Jane Addams
Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value. — Mikhail Gorbachev
The mere absence of war is not peace. — John F. Kennedy
Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart. — Richard Lamm
Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it — Mahatma Gandhi
Your absence has not taught me how to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall — George Fetherling
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. — Martin Rees
A truly free society must not include a peace which oppresses us. We must learn on our own terms what peace and freedom mean together.… — Petra Kelly
Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality.… — Charles R. Swindoll

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