There can be no mass movement without some deliberate…

The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”: “The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is,…

— K. Anders Ericsson

One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else.…

— D. Elton Trueblood

There should be a period of time during each practice session when you perform. Invite some friends in to your practice room and play…

— Arnold Jacobs

“Be deliberate in your choices. We are created to do what we are called to do and what we are born to experience, not…

— Julie Connor

Deliberate long before thou consecrate a friend, and when thy impartial justice concludes him worthy of thy bosom, receive him joyfully, and entertain him…

— Francis Quarles

We study health, and we deliberate upon our meats and drink and air and exercises, and we hew and we polish every stone that…

— John Donne

Deflation means a slowdown of income growth. Markets shrink, new capital investment and employment also taper off, so wages decline. That is what's happening…

— Michael Hudson

I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.

— Xun Kuang

Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and…

— Indira Gandhi

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape…

— Jean Baudrillard

I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newspaper image? In school? I would prefer…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between…

— Clayton Christensen

“a creature cloistered now by deliberate choice and still in the throes of enforced apprenticeship to, rather than voluntary or even acquiescent participation in,…

— William Faulkner

“Success is a choice; you choose it and work it out! Excellence is deliberate and so it is intentionally pursued. No successful person ever…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Theory may be deliberate, as in a chapter on chemistry, or it may be second nature, as in the immemorial doctrine of ordinary enduring…

— Willard Van Orman Quine