Practice Quotes

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To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice. — Seve Ballesteros
My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered. — George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal?… — Maggie Grace
Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man. — Sun Tzu
The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
If you want to learn the craft of war, ponder over this book. The teacher is as a needle, the disciple is as thread. You… — Miyamoto Musashi
Seeing is a gift that comes with practice. — Stephanie Mills
Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice and labour are… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats… — Helen Gahagan Douglas
The terrible thing about TERRORISM is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others,… — Terry Waite
Admit sin, and you banish prayer. But, on the other hand, entertain, and encourage, and practice prayer, and sin will sooner or later flee before… — Alexander Whyte
What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course… — Saint Augustine
I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may… — Charles Spurgeon
The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax! — Sogyal Rinpoche
Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect… — Dalai Lama
The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to bear… — Peter Matthiessen
At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against the bitter winds.… — Eknath Easwaran
In the end, as any successful teacher will tell you, you can only teach the things that you are. If we practice racism then it… — Max Lerner
The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all… — Whitney M. Young

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