Best Presence Sayings
2434 Presence quotes by 1568 unique authors
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By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.
— Jane Roberts
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But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst…
— William James
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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it…
— Colin Powell
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Mothers reflect God's loving presence on earth.
— Unknown Author
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As far as possible, you should pray in quiet and silent devotion. Try to have a favorite topic of prayer, such as a devotion to…
— Peter Julian Eymard
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I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence, gazing at the…
— Huston Smith
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When the Spirit is absent, our excuses always seem right, but in the presence of the Spirit our excuses fade away.
— R. T. Kendall
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If as the friends of colonization hope, the present and coming generations of our countrymen shall by any means, succeed in freeing our land from…
— Abraham Lincoln
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America has joined forces with the Allied Powers, and what we have of blood and treasure are yours. Therefore it is that with loving pride…
— Unknown Author
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Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clouds…
— Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
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As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence.
— Alcibiades
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Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making.
— Quentin Crisp
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The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr.…
— Charles Darwin
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As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I am, how impotent…
— Celia Thaxter
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The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can…
— Fred Rogers
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This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart....The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of their…
— James Martineau
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As the presence of those we love is as a double life, so absence, in its anxious longing and sense of vacancy, is as a…
— Anna Brownell Jameson
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Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of great art, and…
— Salman Rushdie
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Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of horror to attack a swimmer,…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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The vast majority of the race whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind at heart and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of…
— Mark Twain
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How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in…
— Michel de Montaigne
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The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of god seems to be secure and deep, only so long as the presence of man…
— Thomas de Quincey
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Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in the presence of events.
— George Santayana
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When my time to die comes an angel will be there to comfort me. He will give me peace and joy even at that most…
— Billy Graham
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