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Quotes About Presence

Men don't traipse. We... Swagger
~ Jodi Picoult
Don't believe that jazz about there's nothing you can do, "turn on and drop out, man" - because you've got to turn on and drop in, or they're going to drop all over you.
~ John Lennon
If I say to the moment: 'Stay now! You are so beautiful'!
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The funny thing about stopping is that as soon as you do it, here you are.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
I need to somehow peel away the dullness and heighten my sensitivity and alertness. I need to start sucking the juice out of every single moment of the most precious gift ever to be had, "my life!"
~ Bryan Kest
I am here to enjoy life. I am not here to suffer. I am here to be a dreamer, to be an artist, to be a seer. The mission of my life is to enjoy every single moment of my life.
~ Miguel Angel Ruiz
When someone deeply listens to you, your barefeet are on the earth, and a beloved land that seemed distant, is now at home within you.
~ John Fox
~As a mom, you have to look at how much time you're spending with your kids. There is nothing you will regret more in your life - nothing - than not being present for your children.~
~ Jamie Lee Curtis
I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.
~ Bo Jackson
If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth: Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.
~ Robert Bly
My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there.
~ Taylor Swift
I grew up missing my mom while she was right in front of me.
~ Maggie Georgiana Young
Enjoy the time you have with your friends & family. That doesn't mean spend money you don't have on them. It means enjoy your time with them.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
When your time is turned into money, the felt presence of immediate experience is analogous to being enslaved. I mean, let's be frank about it, it is enslavement.
~ Terence McKenna
I find too often in the wrestling business, you just wrestle, get to the hotel, make your money. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself to enjoy my life and not just rush through.
~ Owen Hart
Apple really has no presence in business, and we think Vista's going to have a huge presence in business. We think we're going to help the corporate IT stack save money.
~ Jim Allchin
Beauty and Money will get you a relationship, but not love. Listening, caring and being there will get you Love.
~ De philosopher DJ Kyos
We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man.
~ Dwight L. Moody
It's morning, and again I am that lucky person who is in it.
~ Mary Oliver
Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity.
~ Dag Hammarskjold
He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
~ Harper Lee
I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set.
~ Hugh Jackman
I saw that worrying had come to nothing and gave it up. And took my old body and went out into the morning, and sang.
~ Mary Oliver
The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we've been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.
~ Anne Lamott