Quotes About Presence

That's such a common saying: Just be present, live in the moment. But there's actually really something to it when you really start to learn it.

Meditation hasn't separated me from my life and my friends and my work. It's just made my fear go away, so I can just be that much more engaged.

When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can just be present with the other actors and allow what's going to happen to happen without too much preconception.

If your friend's feeling bad, it's hard to know what to do. Do you back away or try to help them? It's a really hard situation that I've been in. You want to support your friend. You want to be there. My advice is, don't get too involved with it, just be by their side. If they need your help, they'll ask for it.

I think you need to figure out your balance. 'Cause if you think too much about that there's people around and - and how you're singing and looking and performing, I think that it won't be a good performance. Then, on the other hand, you can't just be in your own world.

Don't think too hard. Just be present, and things will reveal themselves.

It's a hard thing to find in people: to sit and just be present with someone, even for two minutes.

Someone's got to be interested in how I feel, just because I'm here and I'm real.

It's just one of those things where you continue to get comfortable; catch the ball and get a feel for who is around you without really having to look to see who is around you.

I'm a Kansas City citizen; I'm around all the time.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.

I just want to be there for my kids.

The German public knows me quite well. I have been in their kitchens and living rooms for years.

I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage.

They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are.

Light knows when you're looking at it.

To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension; and I miss all those moments that pass. They never come back to be experienced again. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly

And that was despite the fact that she wasn't really here. I could see stars through her on the other side, although she wasn't a ghost. I knew ghosts. It was more like she was on an intertemporal version of Skype.

True love is the steadfast presence of your lover, the willingness to stick it out when things get rocky. It demonstrates love when no one else is looking. True love is wholly committed, costing the giver time and effort.

We need to be willing to set aside the distractions and the next task because reaching our children's hearts requires our attention. Love slows down and listens.

He is longing for us to take our eyes off of our situation and fix them solely upon him. When we adopt this attitude, we live aloud the truth I once heard Elisabeth Elliot declare: "The difference is Christ in me. Not me in a different set of circumstances.

How might the Holy Spirit be tapping on your heart today, prompting you to praise God, do good, and share life? Your very presence and prayerful attitude can be a magnet that draws other souls to you and points them straight toward him.

I would value you less if I were not a refugee your presence changes my wilderness to a garden (From the poem To My Children)