Practical Quotes

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Who are the people, for example, to whom you go for advice? Not to the hard, practical ones who can tell you exactly what to… — Brenda Ueland
The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human… — Anna Howard Shaw
It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of either leads to… — Richard Hofstadter
Outpouring of affection for God, of resting in his presence, of good feelings towards everyone and sentiments and prayers like theseare suspect if they do… — St. Vincent
For the last 40 years of my life I have broken my back, my fingernails, and sometimes my heart, in the practical pursuit of my… — Vita Sackville-West
True happiness comes only by making others happyâ€”the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In short, the Christmas… — David O. McKay
Before the Christian Church goes into eclipse anywhere there must first be a corrupting of her simple basic theology. She simply gets a wrong answer… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Without doubt the emphasis in Christian teaching today should be on worship. There is little danger that we shall become merely worshipers and neglect the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Simple, practical, brilliant. What a wonderful world it will be when all families give their children the gifts presented in Dr. Reznickâ€™s book. Joy, success… — Harvey Karp
Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes. — Alexander John Ellis
No one can deny that much of our modern advertising is essentially dishonest; and it can be maintained that to lie freely and all the… — Carl L. Becker
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience. — William James
Curiosity is more flexible and practical than belief. — Steve Pavlina
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. — James Anthony Froude
A practical scheme, says Oscar Wilde, is either one already in existence, or a scheme that could be carried out under the existing conditions; but… — Emma Goldman
Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components. — Thomas Aquinas
Should we have a leader or should we think for ourselves? Obviously the latter in principle. But-sometimes there lies a gulf between what is theoretically… — Philip K. Dick
I do not think that the radio waves I have discovered will have any practical application. — Heinrich Hertz
The entire universe - for one thing - only exists in your perceptions. That's all you're gonna see of it. To all practical intents and… — Alan Moore
The calculative exactness of practical life which the money economy has brought about corresponds to the ideal of natural science: to transform the world by… — Georg Simmel

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