Quotes About Presence

When you are present, the world is truly alive.

Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.

Once I'm on set, the only thing I'm really interested in is being in the room. Being present. And trusting that what I've done is sufficient, and I'm also trusting that I've also left room for magic.

The truth is that you can only come to know God when you give up the past and the future in your mind and merge totally into the now, because God is always here now.

The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family.

i been meek, and hard like an oak, i seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me, honey baby, i'll be here.

In your days - things like this happen to you... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired - but I don't want you to miss this."

I think the best advice I got is that acting isn't acting - you just want to just be, you want to be just real, be in the moment and react.

Have the # life you want by being fully present to the life you have.

Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

Your primary purpose is to enable consciousness to flow into what you do. The secondary purpose is whatever you want to achieve through the doing.

If fathers aren't growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.

When someone asks us where we want to be in our lives, the last thing that occurs to us is to look down at our feet and say, 'Here, I guess, since this is where I am.'

You can try to steal the thunder all you want, it just reminds people I'm the lightning. You rumble in the distance. I light up the sky.

I can't tell you how many pictures I've missed just 'cause I've been so hell bent on getting the shot I think I want.

One of the most common mistakes people make in any conversation is to think about what they want to say next instead of actually listening to what the other person is saying.

You can't say yes to every role and you have to make people miss you. I don't want people to get sick of me.

A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.

Get up from the piano ... Oscar is in the house. Who wants to be at the piano when Oscar is there? Find something else to do.

A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.

I want a woman to walk past and say, "I would love to be in a picture with him."

But right now I'm here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.

You can return all the Christmas gifts you want, but you will never get back the time spent with your relatives.