Practice Quotes · Page 76

If we were to put into practice what we know ... but that is the point.

— Doris Lessing

I spend a lot of time with the fans during my practice sessions, and then off court I meet them every time.

— Juan Martin del Potro

“You want to get rid of the hemming and hawing, the “ums” and “uhs,” and anything that disrupts your flow. That takes…

— Anonymous

Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.

— Thomas Jefferson

My life is calm. Once I get home from practice, I just want to spend time with my family.

— Cain Velasquez

Teaching is an emotional practice: it activates, colors & expresses people's feelings.

— Andy Hargreaves

I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.

— Tayari Jones

I used to be the kid that when we got to practice I didn't even stretch.

— Diana Taurasi

The practice of imagination, on an everyday basis, involves clearing unhelpful images that block or misdirect our energies, and choosing to focus…

— Robert Moss

A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and…

— Emile Durkheim

When immigrants come, the freedom to practice their faith is a guarantee. They may have trouble with their neighbors, but freedom of…

— Diana L. Eck

I intend to do what I can, working with my congressional colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to help bring about the changes to…

— John McCain

I do radio gigs, three-minute spots, solo shows, so I still get plenty of practice at the sniper attack - me at…

— Andy Grammer

When facing bowlers or throw downs, it is not possible to feed the ball in one place at all times; therefore, tennis…

— Shikhar Dhawan

I need an army. I need people out there who are either preaching with me to different audiences that I can't get…

— Simon Sinek

Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the…

— Bennie Thompson

Female heterosexuality is not a biological drive or an individual women's erotic attraction or attachment to another human animal which happens to…

— Marilyn Frye

We cannot expect to be in control of the circumstances in our lives when we cannot control our minds for five minutes.…

— Iyanla Vanzant

So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind. There is no need to have a deep understanding of…

— Shunryu Suzuki

The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to…

— Barack Obama

If the educated and influential classes in a community either practice or connive at the systematic violation of laws that seem to…

— Benjamin Harrison

“Presence is the practice of fully inhabiting where you are, with openness and attention, rather than rushing past toward what comes next.…

— Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World

There has come about a general public awareness that America is not automatically, and effortlessly, and unquestionably the leader of the world…

— Edward Condon

Perhaps the author cited is one of those, who, shunning the practice of the world, have taught the world to shun return!…

— Samuel Laman Blanchard

All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.

— Ram Dass

Hate less, love more. Take less, give more. Preach less, practice more. Worry less, laugh more.

— Ritu Ghatourey

The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed.

— Elia Kazan

I do practice active gratitude. In my thoughts, actions words I am deeply grateful for what life has given me.

— Sharmila Tagore

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

— Jascha Heifetz

It's important to practice good hygiene, At least if you wanna run with my team.

— Del tha Funkee Homosapien

We need writers who know the difference between the production of a commodity and the practice of an art.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

If we split practice from the real thing, neither one of them will be very real.

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

You aren't going to get all the balls in practice, but I think about it this way: If I run 50 routes,…

— Brandin Cooks

The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.

— Sheri S. Tepper

Practice meditation. Become a seeker. Walk the path of the seeker. You will get the best of everything the world has to…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.

— Ramana Maharshi

My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.

— Kenneth Chenault

Simple practices like conscious breathing and smiling are very important. They can change our civilization.

— Nhat Hanh

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

— Bodhidharma

The 'freedom agenda' of George W. Bush's second inaugural was a noble concept - but in practice, it offered ignoble results.

— Ben Domenech