Absence Quotes

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  Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 12, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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  Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

  Wayne Dyer

  Real, Mean, Judging

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  Love is the absence of judgment.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow.

  George Eliot

  Relationship, Marriage, Distance

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3265, Delphi Classics

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• In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

  Aleister Crowley

  Willpower, Talent, Virtue

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• Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Goodbye, Self

  William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”, p.245

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• The surest test of discipline is its absence.

  Clara Barton

  Teaching, Discipline, Tests

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• The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Happiness, Passion, Men

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• In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

  Elijah Wood

  Heartbreak, Fighting, Worth Fighting For

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• So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Mean, Discipline, Use

  Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.426, Transaction Publishers

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• Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Bugs, Program, Used

  "Notes On Structured Programming" by Edsger Dijkstra, April 1970.

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• In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

  Saint Augustine

  Peace, Government, Justice

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• Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Song, Stars

  "Les misérables".

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• Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Beautiful, Truth, Honesty

  Charles R. Swindoll (2004). “Improving Your Serve”, p.23, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

  Ronald Reagan

  Love, Peace, War

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• No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

  Aphra Behn

  Sea, Long, No Friends

  Aphra Behn, John Philip Kemble (1790). “Love in Many Masks: as altered by J. P. Kemble from Mrs. Behn's Rover [i.e. from the first part].”, p.8

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• Ever absent, ever near;
  Still I see thee, still I hear;
  Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!

  Ferenc Kazinczy

  Romantic, Valentines Day, Goodnight

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• The absent are always in the wrong

  Philippe Nericault Destouches

  Of Sight Out Of Mind, Absent

  "L'Obstacle Imprévu" by Philippe Néricault Destouches, translated by Nérine, Act I., Scene VI, 1717.

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  Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

  Richard Bach

  Love, Friendship, I Miss You

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• Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it.

  Charles Lamb

  Mind, Body, Your Presence

  Charles Lamb (1839). “Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund”, p.205

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• Absence - that common cure of love.

  Lord Byron

  Love, Funny, Epic

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• A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Happiness, Being Happy

  Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.153, Matthew Gordon

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

  Mark Twain

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

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• I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

  Brendan Behan

  Life, Dublin, Ireland And The Irish

  The Hostage act 1 (1958)

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