Your Presence Is Important To Us Quotes

#1. In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I wanted to express or deal with differences that an all-over paint and canvas 'presence' neutralized.

Richard Diebenkorn

#2. What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

Walter Pater

#3. Brother Lawrence called this "practicing the presence" of God, and the most important part of that practice lay in "renouncing, once and for all, whatever does not lead to God.

John Ortberg

#4. You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody

Les Giblin

#5. The important aim in Christian meditation is to allow God's mysterious and silent presence within us to become more and more not only a reality but the reality which gives meaning, shape and purpose to everything we do, everything we are.

John Main

#6. I felt like any individual's recovery was more important than the film I was making. And I actually felt that my presence was a form of witness that communicated to the people I was following that their lives mattered.

Brian Lindstrom

#7. Presence' is actually very important in international sport. It is one thing just being there in the middle, but it is another making people aware of your 'presence'. It is about body language and radiating confidence, something that the West Indian batting legend Viv Richards would personify.

Sachin Tendulkar

#8. The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people.

Shirley Brice Heath

#9. The Sacraments are Jesus Christ's presence in us. So it is important for us to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion.

Pope Francis

#10. Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and external silence is very important to feel the presence of that supreme Love.

Amit Ray

#11. We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt ... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing.

Rem Koolhaas

#12. Obviously, South Africa is our most important market, but we are also gradually increasing our presence throughout East and West as well as North Africa. It is a continent with a lot of potential which we plan to tap into.

Jochen Zeitz

#13. A good listener: a physical presence that is warm, alert, intelligent - more important than any words.

Susan Sontag

#14. The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you

Brother Lawrence

#15. Love, she learned, could reduce its recipient to an essential thing, as important as food or shelter, whose presence is not only longed for but needed.

Anthony Marra

#16. ...in the presence of God, it is less important who is right than what is right.

G.P. Ching

#17. If you can open your mouth to say; I love you! To someone without taking such person(s) as your priority, even with your gifts and money, something more important than your freebie is missing out!

Michael Bassey Johnson

#18. On the intimate level, anyone who has loved a companion animal knows the uniquely wonderful experience these 'other nations' provide, and their important presence in our shared lives. In their very local way they show us the global truth of our real wealth, our biodiversity.

April Gornik

#19. the presence of buildings around a park is important in design. They enclose it. They make a definite shape out of the space, so that it appears as an important event in the city scene, a positive feature, rather than a no-account leftover.

Jane Jacobs

#20. That's why it's important to keep your distance from people who have frigid breath. Just their presence can put out the most intense fire, with results we're familiar with. If we stay a good distance away from those people, it's easier to protect ourselves from being extinguished.

Laura Esquivel

#21. I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.

Garry Kasparov

#22. The role of the patriarch is very important... Even though he may be an ineffectual one, his presence alone keeps the family together.

Siddharth Chowdhury

#23. I wasn't imposing my presence on anyone, which is very important for a would- be journalist. I stayed back. Always let people be themselves.

Elliott Erwitt

#24. There is no work-life balance. We have one life. What's most important is that you be awake for it.

Janice Marturano

#25. The most important thing in the Land of Israel is to build, build, build. Its important that there will be an Israeli presence everywhere. Our principal problem is still Israels leaders unwillingness to say in a simple manner that the Land of Israel belongs to the People of Israel.

Naftali Bennett

#26. Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.

N. Murray Edwards

#27. In contact with materials, I can see so much more with my hands than I can just with my eyes. I'm a participant, not a spectator. I see myself both as an object and a material, and the human presence is really important to the landscapes in which I work.

Andy Goldsworthy

#28. It's important me as a musician and also as an occasional show goer to feel the presence of a band on stage, to hear a PA reverberating and slapping off the walls, the push and pull of an audience, the blood, sweat, and heat. It's a primal thing in a way.

Jacob Bannon

#29. The more I see God in these relationships with my children, the more I've become aware of how easily we can wall God's presence off from very important areas of our lives.

Ed Cyzewski

#30. The most important therapeutic capacity is the ability to be present with an open heart and to be grounded in our inner being,in our essence and authentic self, in the meditative quality within, through which we can meet another person. It is to meet that which is already perfect within a person.

Swami Dhyan Giten