Presence Over Presents Quotes

#1. This holiday season has taught me the value of presence over presents.
It is good to be home.

JohnA Passaro

#2. This holiday season I learned the vue if presence over presents.

JohnA Passaro

#3. It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.

Vincent De Paul

#4. Our children want more than presents, that want our PRESENCE.

Heather Schuck

#5. You ni**az get me sick, wannabe soundin like you know my arithmetic ... but we don't sound alike

Nas

#6. Open your eyes and see how many gifts there are to unwrap. Notice the presence of your presents. It's not your life that is disappointing: it's your mind.

Gregg Krech

#7. And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures.

Ellen Page

#8. There is a certain bleakness in finding hope where one expected certainty.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#9. The magic of Christmas is not in the presents, but in His presence.

Unknown

#10. Sleep did not honor me with it's presence.

Alysha Speer

#11. It's not about presents but it is about your presence. Therein lies the spirit of the holiday season.

Julieanne O'Connor

#12. All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.

David Jeremiah

#13. Wonder Woman presents a challenge because she needs to be drop-dead gorgeous, but also very, very strong both physically and emotionally. She's a powerful presence and we had to find that balance between athleticism and glamour.

Bruce Timm

#14. Our children need our presence, not our presents.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#15. To awaken to the living dream within one's life and
remain awake in a world trying to lull everyone to sleep involves repeated struggle, yet also presents something truly worth fighting for.

Michael Meade

#16. People complain that joking about serious subjects is 'making light' of them. Isn't that a good idea? Comedy lets the air out of the bully's tires.

Peter Baynham

#17. The way someone who's being photographed presents himself to the camera, and the effect of the photographer's response on that presence, is what the making of a portrait is all about.

Richard Avedon

#18. If I had feelings, I probably wouldn't have even survived.

Richard M. Nixon

#19. Winds shake the leaves and for a moment I smell smoke. I concentrate on the scent, but it vanishes into the aroma of rain and tree bark, the way one life can collapse into another and different people can stir within the same body, like bats thrashing inside a secret hollow.

Laura Van Den Berg

#20. Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Jesse Jackson

#21. The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

Belle Boyd

#22. People may claim to be "free," yet they cannot control themselves from gluttony in the presence of food or from illicit sexual relations when the opportunity presents itself. Such a notion of freedom is devoid of substance.

Hamza Yusuf

#23. I can still smell you on my pillow. I can still see you standing in my room, the light caressing your smooth legs, your dark hair cascading over your shoulders, and your gorgeous mouth smiling so effortlessly. I miss you. I ache for you, and I'm bordering on crazy without you. Come back to me.

Renee Carlino

#24. Each day presents a new opportunity to experience God's presence.

Aiden Wilson Tozer