Practice Quotes · Page 46

Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.

— Jack Kornfield

You should never listen to someone practice. That is their work and theirs alone.

— Nadia Boulanger

If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential.

— Dalai Lama

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words…

— Robert Southey

“Doing something, and regularly, is by far the best way of increasing your chances of being good at it.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Muslims in France should be able to practice their religion freely and safely.

— Francois Hollande

Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.

— Hosea Ballou

Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.

— Adam Levine

The major challenge of most executives is not understanding the practice of leadership - it is practicing their understanding of leadership.

— Marshall Goldsmith

Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What…

— Louis L'Amour

When I was general director of City Opera, we were pioneers in the practice of projecting supertitles so that American audiences finally…

— Beverly Sills

If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this…

— Dave Van Ronk

Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine…

— John Selden

Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, one of…

— Jimmy Butler

I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that.…

— Tom Scholz

In the end, as any successful teacher will tell you, you can only teach the things that you are. If we practice…

— Max Lerner

The clothing is moving, the external version is moving. Whether the internal version is moving or not it is a different matter.…

— Robert Svoboda

By means of meditation, I feel that we have planted dynamite to transcend the world of confusion. So it would be good…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Whereas happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little…

— Aristotle

The right to express one's views, practice one's faith, peacefully assemble with others to pursue political or social change - these are…

— Hillary Clinton

I have observed several hundred salespeople who were taught to use deceptive practices like 'bait and switch' and encouraged to play negotiation…

— Ron Willingham

A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined…

— John Maynard Keynes

Nearly all spiritual practices are based on attention. In fact, whenever you think you have lost the path, or whenever you feel…

— Rick Fields

At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the…

— James Madison

It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it.

— Philippe Petit

When you're a kid and practice on clay, you're always, 'Oh, I wish I could win Roland Garros.'

— Garbine Muguruza

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.

— Cate Blanchett

It's amazing how the same pace in practice can feel so much harder than on race day. Stay confident. Trust the process.

— Sara Hall

Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.

— Epictetus

Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.

— Joko Beck

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

— Kobe Bryant

While we can learn from U.S. models, we certainly can't practice them.

— Victor Koo

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" -…

— Esperanza Spalding

I learned to be more flexible offensively, to not talk as much in practice.

— Kelvin Sampson

An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.

— Ignazio Silone

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.

— Sting

VWhatever you do, do it for yourself, and practice not worrying what anyone else thinks.

— Senoraroy

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The more you express your skills, the more experienced you become and the closer you get to excellence.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.

— Elizabeth Joan Smith