Presence Of Mind Quotes

• The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

  Walter Scott

  Adversity, Tempest, Oaks

  Sir Walter Scott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott (Illustrated)”, p.5509, Delphi Classics

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• The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Successful, Opportunity, Given

  "Outliers". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, www.sfgate.com. November 18, 2008.

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• One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Thinking, Way

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Eye, Men, Brave

  Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.184, Transaction Publishers

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• True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

  Robert Greene

  Lying, Self, Fluidity

  Source: powerseductionandwar.com

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• Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

  Nafisa Joseph

  Mind, Important, Focused

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• Having the presence of mind to react to any situation onstage is what makes the best performers keep their spontaneity intact.

  Marni Nixon

  Spontaneity, Situation, Performers

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• The great benefit of practicing mindfulness... is presence of mind within a storm of emotions.

  Phillip Moffitt

  Storm, Mindfulness, Benefits

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• It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Emergencies, Metal Detectors

  Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Speech A”, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The essence of true education in one's life is to show the presence of mind, heart and soul to sense everything right.

  Anuj

  Heart, Essence, Soul

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• The mind is the attribute of man. When man is born, he comes into existence with only one weapon with him--The reasoning mind.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Mind, Weapons

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• The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind. It enables us to remain undisturbed, even when the situation is really difficult. It gives us a certain amount of inner peace, which allows us some self-control, so that we can choose to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner, rather than being driven by our disturbing emotions.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Patience, Buddhist

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• I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There's powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.

  Scott Lynch

  Powerful, Artist, Imagination

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• I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Funny, Life, Absent Minded

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• Presence of mind and courage in distress,
  Are more than arrives to procure success?

  John Dryden

  Military, Mind, Distress

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• Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hero, People, Bravery

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• Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

  Stefan Zweig

  Energy, Spotlight, Century

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• A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant control of attention, and presence of mind; the conductor only has to add a little sense of music.

  Sergei Rachmaninoff

  Quality, Add, Attention

  "Rachmaninoff's Recollections". Book by Oskar von Riesemann, p. 155, 1934.

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• The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose heart is in the right place is that the mind is made more self-reliant: it becomes more confident of its own resources, there is greater presence of mind.

  David Livingstone

  Country, Heart, Animal

  David Livingstone (2012). “The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868”, p.42, tredition

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• The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Life, Character, Adversity

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• The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as of indifference; it argues presence of mind rather than enlargement of ideas.

  William Hazlitt

  Expression, Ideas, Gentleman

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• The words, gestures, and threats of our officers were thrown away upon men who had lost all presence of mind and only longed for absence of body.

  Andrew Potter

  War, Men, Body

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• It requires enormous presence of mind or rather quickness of wit, when opening your eyes to seize hold as it were of everything in the room at exactly the same place where you had let it go on the previous evening. That is why the moment of waking up was the riskiest moment of the day. Once that was well over without deflecting you from your orbit, you could take heart of grace for the rest of the day.

  Franz Kafka

  Heart, Eye, Grace

  Franz Kafka, Stanley Corngold (1981). “The Metamorphosis”, Bantam Classics

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• Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Opportunity, Talent, Penetration

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• Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Opportunity, Given, Outliers

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