Quotes about practice
practice civilization solitude
What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it—like a secret vice! Anne Morrow Lindbergh
practice order generosity
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. Albert Camus
practice community way
While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the common practice of the community into a moral absolute. Daniel J. Boorstin
practice trying important
There is no time to fool around when you practice. Every drill must have a purpose. I try to never get away from thathabits are important Albert Pujols
practice shadow spotlight
You're not only the spotlight in which you perform, but the shadows where you practice. Debby Ryan
practice expectations negative
Become aware of your negative expectations and practice replacing them with positive expectations. Debbie Ford
practice literature life-is
Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice. E. M. Forster
practice white boxing
From the very beginning I used sound business practices in everything I did. White businessman uses them to make money he's a genius. Black businessman uses them he's a crook. That's the way it is. Don King
practice play age
If you don't practice for three days, everyone will notice." It's something you have to really maintain. So unfortunately, I don't play it that often but I may take it up again. If you don't play for a while, you just can't hit the notes. It's like going to the gym. If you go and do weights, you can lift x amount of weight and if you don't go for ages, you've gotta start again and start from the beginning. So it's a bit like that. It's just a muscle. Douglas Booth
practice ifs knows
If we were to put into practice what we know ... but that is the point. Doris Lessing
practice inspired theory
The best theory is inspired by practice. Donald Knuth
practice attention spending
If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things; it will improve your theories. If you find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some attention to theoretical things; it will improve your practice. Donald Knuth
practice goal long
You achieve long-term success step by step. Try to achieve your goals one at a time, like you do target practice. Daniel Snyder
practice world
In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other. David Mamet
practice keys meditation
When you practice Transcendental Meditation you are given a key to the deepest level of life. David Lynch
practice vigor shame
To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. Confucius
practice long people
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people. Confucius
practice government firsts
Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government. Confucius
practice justice gentleman
A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman. Confucius
practice taught three
I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught? Confucius
practice study pleasure
To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure? Confucius
practice useless essentials
Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous. Confucius
practice community silence
See, once you have begun to experience solitude and silence, you discover that you actually have a soul and that there is a God.Then you can begin to practice Sabbath and that will enable you to re-enter community.You can't have community without Sabbath. Dallas Willard
practice trying analysis
The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods. Dallas Willard
practice play piano
Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well. Dallas Willard
practice study stills
The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time. Cyndi Lauper
practice guy nine
You can’t have a normal practice with nine skaters, Until we have more than nine guys, it’s not going to be a regular practice. Craig Adams
practice piano making-love
Making love without noise is like playing a muted piano-fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results. David Levithan
practice people perception
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities. Dalai Lama
practice mind vigor
The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body. Diogenes
practice alms statues
He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused. Diogenes
practice suffering new-testament
In terms of the New Testament the Jews must suffer, therefore we will put it into practice if we will in charge and there will be no sympathy for the Jews when the blacks take over. Desmond Tutu
practice purity-and-love looks
We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions. Alphonsus Liguori