Quotes About Practice

When a custom is actually proved to exist, the next enquiry is into the legality of it; for if it is not a good custom it ought to be no longer used.

You cannot teach people hate and then ask them to practice peace. But neither can you teach people peace except by according them dignity and granting them hope.

The basis of intimidation as I practiced it was mystery. I wanted the hitter to know nothing about me.

This points to a central tension in our very idea and practice of democracy – it is not a simple appeal to the rule of the majority. It is also about respecting that the power of the people is limited by what's fair to minorities, what's reasonable, and by what's legal and constitutional.

Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.

We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life.

We of the Twentieth Century have abandoned the practice of holding something in reserve when we love our children, assuming – as our ancestors would never have dared to do – that they will reach adulthood as a matter of course.

Firing pucks at your garage door is probably something that young hockey players have always done.

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

Most have neither done a practice nor had a conscious longing for awakening.2 Many spiritual teachers speculate that this is happening because we live in desperate times and need an influx of aware, creative, compassionate people who will actively serve others and contribute fresh ideas. This is a radical change from the traditional spiritual path of withdrawing from society and from the 1960s movements when young people felt a need to drop out of the mainstream to seek social alternatives.

I begin to realize that the physical repetition can be a kind of meditation that transcends the simple goal of winning a race.

I'm wary of faith outside of actions. I'm wary of religiosity that ignores the wider world.

I've done a lot of training in martial arts. I started out in warring tempo, I did sports jujitsu, and I've also practiced extreme martial arts.

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.

It was not something called "religion" distinguished from the rest of life, but rather all of life lived in a certain way.

shooting guards. Myron

Mark's shots fell through the metallic hoop, "but how many of them have that kind of accuracy?

Somehow my father and golf were able to convey life lessons to me—patience, failure, humility, dedication, sportsmanship, practice, small improvements, missteps, mental error, fate, doing everything right and still not getting the desired result—without words. You may love the game, but as in life, no one—no one—gets out unscathed.

People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the oddest conditions.

Jean Louise grinned. Her father said it took at least five years to learn law after one left law school: one practiced economy for two years, learned Alabama Pleading for two more, reread the Bible and Shakespeare for the fifth. Then one was fully equipped to hold on under any conditions.

This practice allegedly overcame a variety of evils: standing in front of his fellows encouraged good posture and gave a child poise; delivering a short talk made him word-conscious; learning his current event strengthened his memory; being singled out made him more than ever anxious to return to the Group.