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Practice Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue.
- By nature's law, every man has a right to seize and retake by force his own property taken from him by another, by force of…
- Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never…
- If some period be not fixed, either by the Constitution or by practice, to the services of the First Magistrate, his office, though nominally elective,…
- I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let our…
- If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then…
- It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
- We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy, to avoid burdening the people, and arming the magistrate with…
- Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.
- It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain dictates of common sense than by the practice of any…
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- . . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius
- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
- Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the… — Hosea Ballou
- To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. — Karen Armstrong