Practice Quotes - Page 111

The Argentineans practice on the court for two hours a day, then they must practice in front of a mirror for two more hour saying 'I'm not guilty.'

We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.

It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles.

The enclosure of the biological and intellectual commons in this way is a real threat to the future of people everywhere because it creates a situation where common practices that have been part of people's lives for generations become monopolies of a handful of pharmaceutical, agribusiness and agrichemical corporations. People then become incapable of looking after their own needs.

We need writers who know the difference between the production of a commodity and the practice of an art.

I save the race for the race and I don't let it all out in practice.

If I actively practice gratitude, I am able to keep myself grounded in the high times and lift myself up in the low times.

Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef.

A husband and wife should resolve never to wrangle with each other; never to bandy words or indulge in the least ill-humour. Never! I say; NEVER. Wrangling, even in jest, and putting on an air of ill-humour merely to tease, becomes earnest by practice.

The Author is subtly unflinching in its satirical attack on certain practices in the creation of art and the mediation of violence.

All... religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each is safe till it tries to exclude the rest. Test each sect by its best or its worst as you will, by its high-water mark of virtue or its low-water mark of vice. But falsehood begins when you measure the ebb of any other religion against the flood-tide of your own. There is a noble and a base side to every history.

The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen and to embody their religion, especially its spirituality.

It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.

The Dharma is a very, very special and precious thing. The more you practice it, the more you will realize this.

Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer. I'm a writer who's been strongly influenced by European precedents. I'm a writer who feels very close to literary practice in India - which I go to quite often - and to writers over there.

It's good practice to be silly. It's good for you.

The practice of being at ease also gives you the strength and stamina to pursue all that you find when you connect inward.

Clearly the path of mitzvot is a form of meditation. The intention to act impeccably requires complete dedication and unwavering attention. I was also impressed with LUzzato's insistence that mitzvot practice is joyful.

Hold to the idea, "I am not the mind, I see that I am thinking, I am watching my mind act," and each day the identification of yourself with thoughts and feelings will grow less, until at last you can entirely separate yourself from the mind and actually know it to be apart from yourself.

My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.

Practice makes us what we shall be.

Eating a healthy diet is not just about eating a few special foods. There's a bigger picture. You need to practice moderation, eat a variety of foods, and get enough physical activity.

It's not a question of whether the transition from old to the new goals, practices and metrics is going to happen. It's already under way.

Mormonism is not simply a commitment to a theology or a church practice, but a social-cultural order.

Technique itself springs from play, because we can acquire technique only by the practice of practice, by persistently experimenting and playing with our tools and testing their limits and resistances.