Practice Quotes

4199 Practice quotes by 2432 unique authors

The very problem of mind and body suggests division; I do not know of anything so disastrously affected by the habit of division as this… — John Dewey
Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory. — Leonardo da Vinci
It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices… — Samuel Johnson
If you practice in accord with your individual capacity, little by little you will find more pleasure and joy in it. As you gain inner… — Dalai Lama
Friendships offer good practice in accepting the transience of experience and the persistence of feeling. — Stephanie Mills
My spirituality is parochial, terrestrial. I do qualify as a W.I.T.C.H. , but my irrecular practice and impromptu rituals don't aim at producing any dramatic… — Stephanie Mills
So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call… — Alexander Pope
One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice,… — Marilyn vos Savant
All the arts are based on the senses. What they do for the person who practices them, and also the persons interested in them, is… — Henry Moore
The American people are too well schooled in the duty and practice of submitting to the will of the majority to permit any serious uneasiness… — James Madison
It is essential..that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles, for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such… — John Quincy Adams
All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have… — Thomas Boswell
I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape… — Martha Graham
With practice the craft will come almost of itself, in spite of you and all the more easitly if you think of something besides technique. — Paul Gauguin
I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice. — Henri Rousseau
If we taught music the way we try to teach engineering, in an unbroken four year course, we could end up with all theory and… — Charles Kettering
What KFC does to 750 million chickens each year is not civilized or acceptable, and you can help change that. Cruelty is cruelty, and KFC… — Pamela Anderson
I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don't want to… — John C. Maxwell
If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some… — Chogyam Trungpa
Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing a friendly attitude… — Chogyam Trungpa
Once a person is able to achieve true singlemindedness in his practice and smash apart the old nest... into which he has settled... Wisdom immediately… — Hakuin Ekaku
Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech. — Dogen
I do not see in what manner practice alone can be sufficient for the production of correct, excellent, and finished pictures. Works deserving this character… — Joshua Reynolds
If you imitate the forms of a single artist through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get… — Cennino Cennini
Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt. — Sathya Sai Baba

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