Personal Presence Quotes

Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it means never living apart from one's self. It is not about the absence of other people -- it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others. Community does not necessarily mean living face-to-face with others; rather, it means never losing the awareness that we are connected to each other. It is not about the presence of other people -- it is about being fully open to the reality of relationship, whether or not we are alone.

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

You are in every line I have ever read.

I do not recollect ever to have been conversant with anyone who had more of that silent and subtle power which we call personal presence than this woman... Her tall form, as she rose up before me, is still vivid to my mind. She was dressed in some stout, grayish stuff, neat and clean, though dusty from travel. On her head, she wore a bright Madras handkerchief, arranged as a turban, after the manner of her race. She seemed perfectly self-possessed and at her ease, -- in fact, there was almost an unconscious superiority, not unmixed with a solemn twinkle of humor, in the odd, composed manner in which she looked down on me

No matter where you go, there you are. (Uriel to Harry Dresden)

I want to touch you in real time not find you on YouTube, I want to walk next to you in the mountains not friend you on Facebook.

We touch other people's lives simply by existing.

I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.

It always seems crazy to tell people what to expect. That never works! So, I don't know what to say, other than that they can expect me.

Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.

Charisma seems to be more about the intoxicating quality that you have on other people, as opposed to presence, which is more about the self in relation to others, and how you feel you represented yourself in a situation, and how you were able to engage. So it's less about how others see you and more about how you see yourself.

When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.

Self-esteem should have nothing to do with what you look like – if you exude genuine confidence, people will be swept into it. You have to be able to hold yourself.

I don't ever want to make taking pictures into another way of saying 'Here I am'. Because I'm as here as I want to be.

When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.

I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use their time to do other things, like read books or swim or talk to their children or read websites or listen to music or write books or lie in bed or sit in a chair. I don't think any of these things are more positive than any other things. I don't think having an internet presence helps financially.

There's only one person in this race who will be there, who's always been there for you, and that's Hillary Clinton's life story.

A lot of people think it takes millions of dollars to give back or inspire, but just you showing up means a lot.

True reflection presents me to myself not as idle and inaccessible subjectivity, but as identical with my presence in the world and to others, as I am now realizing it: I am all that I see, I am an intersubjective field, not despite my body and historical situation, but, on the contrary, by being this body and this situation, and through them, all the rest.

There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.

Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to their words played over on a machine. What you hear when you have a face before you is never what you hear when you have before you a winding tape.

It makes no difference where you go ...there you are.

Confidence is what makes you stand out.