Bob Weir Quotes

Presence is in the eye and ear and gut of the beholder. When you are totally present in a conversation or in a meeting, others around you perceive you as totally focused on the matter at hand and on being of value to them.

It's a hard thing to find in people: to sit and just be present with someone, even for two minutes.

I'm all about showing up for my friends, especially when they need me the most.

If you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really counts, maybe it's enough - more than enough, even - just to be there.

Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

When I'm in the movie, I'm entirely in the movie. When I'm on the set, I'm 200 per cent there; when I'm at home, I'm 200 per cent at home.

I realize that you have to show up for your life.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

Whatever you are doing, give it all of your attention. Prioritise what you're going to do carefully, and then be in the moment.

I know what it takes to be a good boyfriend. Time, first and foremost. To be there for someone and be involved in their life.

As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.

If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.

Wherever you are - be all there.

Presence is more than just being there.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

I have an intention to live each moment fully.

I try to be present in the moment and to be authentic, and to listen.

My students have shown me so many times that it's not always about being the perfect person in the perfect position - it's about showing up when you're needed.

I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.

People trust my voice. And my expertise, honestly, is not political science. It's emotion and expression and sort of presence, you know?

South Carolina needs a Senator who cares about South Carolina, who fights for you, who understands and feels your pain, and works to address it.

More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another. Whether the other be an adult or a child, our engagement in listening to who that person is can often be our greatest gift. Whether that person is speaking or playing or dancing, building or singing or painting, if we care, we can listen.

One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than good. People don't need our words. They mainly need our presence, they need our love. And if you come in too quickly with explanations, you may do more harm than good.

Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.