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title: "7 People Practice Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 People Practice quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best People Practice sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/atul-gawande-1871_medicine_we-need-practice-to-get-good-at-what-we_109699.jpg"
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> [“we need practice to get good at what we do. There is one difference in medicine, though: it is people we practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-gawande/we-need-practice-to-get-good-at-what-we-do-there-is-one-difference-in/)

[Atul Gawande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-gawande/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/atul-gawande-1871_medicine_we-need-practice-to-get-good-at-what-we_109699.jpg)

> [People who practice Zen correctly are not spaced-out or unrealistic. They are balanced and grounded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/people-who-practice-zen-correctly-are-not-spaced-out-or-unrealistic/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/frederick-lenz-8_balanced_people-who-practice-zen-correctly-are-no_261180.jpg)

> [Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/story-is-where-people-go-to-practice-the-key-skills-of-human-social/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/jonathan-gottschall-14219_humans_story-is-where-people-go-to-practice-the_687304.jpg)

> [Lazy people can't practice Ashtanga Yoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-pattabhi-jois/lazy-people-can-t-practice-ashtanga-yoga/)

[K. Pattabhi Jois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-pattabhi-jois/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/k-pattabhi-jois-34537_lazy_lazy-people-can-t-practice-ashtanga-yoga_748658.jpg)

> [“what motivates people to practice at such length in the first place? This is where givers often enter the picture.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-m-grant/what-motivates-people-to-practice-at-such-length-in-the-first-place/)

[Adam M. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-m-grant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/adam-m-grant-1427_first-place_what-motivates-people-to-practice-at-suc_827024.jpg)

> [Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-lee-lewis/other-people-they-practice-and-they-practice-these-fingers-of-mine/)

[Jerry Lee Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-lee-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/jerry-lee-lewis-22522_brain_other-people-they-practice-and-they-prac_2505891.jpg)

> [Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-von-ebner-eschenbach/only-those-few-people-who-practice-it-believe-in-goodness/)

[Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-von-ebner-eschenbach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/marie-von-ebner-eschenbach-258_believe_only-those-few-people-who-practice-it-be_3170352.png)

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