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Quotes About Presence

She felt the moment she looked at him that he was by far the most shining presence that had ever made her gape, and her pleasure in seeing him, in knowing that he took hold of her and kissed her, as quickly throbbed into a strange shy pride in him, a perception of his making up for her fallen state, for Susan's public nudges, which quite bruised her, and for all the lessons that, in the dead schoolroom, where at times she was almost afraid to stay alone, she was bored with not having.
~ Henry James
They were in presence of Chad himself.
~ Henry James
Day by day. No yesterdays and no tomorrows. The barometer never changes, the flag is always at half-mast.
~ Henry Miller
Can you stop dead, and without thinking, radiate the truth which you know?
~ Henry Miller
Only when we are truly alone does the fullness and richness of life reveal itself to us. In simplifying our lives, everything acquires a significance hitherto unknown. When we are one with ourselves the most insignificant blade of grass assumes its proper place in the universe
~ Henry Miller
So the role of the Holy Spirit is not to bring God's presence to the world, but to reveal it.
~ Henry T. Blackaby
This father always relates to his children in perfect love. This father is never absent. He is never disinterested. He is never preoccupied. He is never unable to respond to a need.
~ Henry T. Blackaby
Anyone who enters into an intimate relationship with God can see God do exceptional things through his or her life. The outcome does not depend upon a person being unusually gifted, educated, or wealthy. The key is the indwelling presence of God doing unusual things
~ Henry T. Blackaby
Don't settle for a religious life that lacks a vital relationship with Jesus Christ. When God is present, the difference will be obvious.
~ Henry T. Blackaby
I felt her presence, by its spell of might,      Stoop o'er me from above; The calm, majestic presence of the Night,      As of the one I love.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
For the scene of suffering is a scene of joy when the suffering is past; and the silent reminiscence of hardships departed is sweeter than the presence of delight.
~ Herman Melville
My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance.
~ Herman Cain
I used to take pride if my kids were playing basketball, and I'd be there, and I wouldn't say anything. People were obviously expecting me to yell and scream at the ref and at them and everything. I wouldn't say anything.
~ John McEnroe
Building a consistent experience and firm identity was instrumental in our ability to swiftly build our online presence, open four stores as well as a mobile store in a converted yellow school bus, and launch six shops-in-shops.
~ Neil Blumenthal
Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Yes, for blacks, racism functions without the actual presence of whites, just as for whites it functions without the actual presence of blacks! Beliefs, conventions, history do the work.
~ Margo Jefferson
The moment is everything. Don't think about tomorrow; don't think about yesterday: think about exactly what you're doing right now and live it and dance it and breath it and be it.
~ Wendy Whelan
I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.
~ Loretta Young
I think it's very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the moment that you're in because, when you improvise, you're in right now. You're not in yesterday or tomorrow - you're right in the moment.
~ Charlie Haden
It doesn't have anything to do with yesterday or tomorrow, it's all right now.
~ Billy Higgins
I am not in yesterday; I am not in tomorrow. I am right now.
~ James Rosenquist
I'm a person who likes to live in the moment because yesterday's gone and tomorrow is promised to nobody.
~ Shirley Ballas
Yoga always helps me slow down, be present, and be grateful for my health and well-being.
~ Jamie Anderson
A lot of exercise is mindless; you can have music or the radio on and not be aware. But if you're aware in anything you do - and it doesn't have to be yoga - it changes you. Being present changes you.
~ Mariel Hemingway