Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart. — C. J. Mahaney
We should have scant notion of the gardens of these New England colonists in the seventeenth century were it not for a cheerful traveller named… — Alice Morse Earle
I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work. — Stanley Hauerwas
Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural predators,… — Tristram Stuart
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a… — Noam Chomsky
It was no accident that just minutes after Israel became a nation, the United States... became the first nation in the world to recognize what… — Louie Gohmert
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living nicely will be… — Mitch Leigh
Pakistan has assured that it would not allow its territory to be used against India for any acts of terror. India must also reciprocate and… — Asif Ali Zardari
Wellness seeks more than the absence of illness; it searches for new levels of excellence. Beyond any disease-free neutral point, wellness dedicates its efforts to… — Greg Anderson
Sometimes, patients with serious mental illness, just as with other serious medical illnesses, require hospitalization. In the absence of available public or private hospital beds,… — Thomas R. Insel
Every day, we at the United Nations see the human toll of an absence of regulations or lax controls on the arms trade. We see… — Ban Ki-moon
Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can and must be… — Ban Ki-moon
In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that… — Winona LaDuke
True net-heads sometimes resort to punctuation cartoons to get around the absence of inflection. — Barton Gellman
In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more power… — Karen Abbott
True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway. — Martin Freeman
You can see the absence of women in governing bodies from Congress to state legislators, on corporate boards, in tenured positions in academia, and as… — Gloria Steinem
In late 2009, I returned to Baghdad after a lengthy absence. I was living alone, in the Hamra Hotel, the twice bombed-out de facto international… — Michael Hastings
In the absence of a Congress ready to act to reduce gun violence, we will keep working to create a different Congress. — Gabrielle Giffords
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great. — Roger de Rabutin
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. — Thomas Fuller
Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather… — Alice Koller
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot… — Brendan Behan
Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. — William Gilmore Simms
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. — Zhuangzi

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