Quotes about Presence
Jesus Christ reveals, not an embarrassed God, not a confused God, not a God who stands apart from the problems, but One who stands in the thick of the whole thing with man.
— Oswald Chambers
It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.
— Oswald Chambers
A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
— Jonathan Edwards
His presence soon restored confidence.
— Ulysses S. Grant
This is at the beginning of my book: When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. Victor Hugo
— Victor Hugo
The devil may visit us, but God lives here.
— Victor Hugo
Let us be poised, wise and our own today.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The past, the future, majesty, love - if they are vacant of you, you are vacant of them.
— Walt Whitman
I cannot imagine how religious persons can live satisfied without the practice of the presence of GOD. For my part I keep myself retired with Him in the depth of centre of my soul as much as I can; and while I am so with Him I fear nothing; but the least turning from Him is insupportable.
— Brother Lawrence
That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD's Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation, to think of trifles and fooleries.
— Brother Lawrence
Think often on God, by day, by night, in your business and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave him not alone.
— Brother Lawrence