Quotes About Presence

The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

The Duke [John Wayne] was a massive figure. He looked like a heavy piece of hauled lumber, and it didn't seem like any man could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.

Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

Unless a man has considerable skill with and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by.

As I was going up the stair I met a man who wan't there He wasn't there again today Oh I wish he'd go away!

Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.

It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.

when we leave society and come into the presence of Nature, we become children again; and the fictions of thought and action assumed among men drop off like a garment.

It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own.

Men cannot act before the camera in the presence of death.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.

To look away from the world, or to stare at it, does not help a man to reach God; but he who sees the world in Him stands in His presence.

The older I get, the easier it is to just be present in the moment, and understand what a man is going through.

The most beautiful man in the world says everything with his eyes, and the rest with his hands and mouth.

A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic.

We hear eagerly every thought and word quoted from an intellectual man. But in his presence our own mind is roused to activity, and we forget very fast what he says.

The soul lets no man go without some visitations and holy-days of a diviner presence.

Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.

Style is less the man than the way a man takes himself.

Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.

Somebody has said that woman's place is in the wrong. That's fine. What the wrong needs is a woman's presence and a woman's touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.