Quotes About Presence Not Presents

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

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#2. 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

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

Jesse Jackson

#4. 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

#5. You're late," said Death. "Something came up.

Alexis Hall

#6. What mattered was the here and now and not the life before, what mattered were the changeable things of today and tomorrow and not the ever, infinitely, unbearably unchanging yesterday. She

Madeleine Thien

#7. Grace is something you can never get but only be given.

Frederick Buechner

#8. When all else fails, philosophize.

J.M. Coetzee

#9. 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

#10. American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.

Benjamin Netanyahu

#11. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.

Stephen King

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

Martin Luther King Jr.

#13. saw her first and that's all you need to know.

J.A. Huss

#14. Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they're still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn't do much for them.

Charles Barkley

#15. 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

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

David Jeremiah

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

Julieanne O'Connor

#18. It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses.

John Updike

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

Alysha Speer

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

Unknown

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

JohnA Passaro

#22. 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

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

JohnA Passaro

#24. She had ignored the Heidlers because she realized that she could afford to display coldness, and that no good ever comes from being too polite.

Jean Rhys

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

Heather Schuck