Practise Quotes
124 quotes by 113 authors
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There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it…
— Allan Bloom
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We should all rehearse and practise the positives in our life, rather than doing what so many people do.
— Richard Bandler
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Main thing is to publish. Blog, tweet, write, photograph, tweet, video, code, play around with data - or a combination of all of the above.…
— Alan Rusbridger
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Peace is something tangible. It silences the outgoing energy of the mind and feeds the aspiring heart. Peace is not merely the absence of quarreling…
— Sri Chinmoy
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South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.
— Thabo Mbeki
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Women decide the larger questions of life correctly and quickly, not because they are lucky guessers, not because they are divinely inspired, not because they…
— H. L. Mencken
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There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during…
— John D. Barrow
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I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.
— Alan Shearer
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Given one has before oneself a strong, healthy, youth rich in spirited blood and a powerless, weak, cachectic old man scarcely capable of breathing. If…
— Andreas Libavius
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I’m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that’s what the British bequeathed us
— Lee Kuan Yew
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If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come upon his person…
— Gautama Buddha
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In mixed company women practise a kind of visual shorthand that they later decode in detail in other women's company.
— Malcolm De Chazal
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Short of actual blunders, lack of faith in one's position is the chief cause of defeat. To be sure, it is easy to recommend faith…
— Fred Reinfeld
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If you want to be happy, practise it every day
— Robert Anton Wilson
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There are but three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the warrior and the poet. To know, to kill and to create. The rest of…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities. Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him…
— Ajahn Chah
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We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer…
— Ajahn Chah
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.
— C.S. Lewis
Who Wrote These Practise Quotes
113 authors contributed a total of 124 Practise Quotes, led by these top contributors: