Quotes About Practice

Concentration is everything. On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

Custom is the law of fools.

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training of a mere beginner.

Here's a rule I recommend. Never practice two vices at once.

Enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and sec ond, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

A good marksman may miss.

It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.

Wisdom is harder to do than it is to know.

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

Talking about God is not at all the same thing as experiencing God, or acting out God through our lives.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

Like swimming, riding, writing or playing golf, happiness can be learned.

I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

You're not supposed to stop and listen and spy on people practicing. It's supposed to be a private thing. But it's when you come face-to-face with yourself and you look for your flaws and you try to fix them yourself, it's a really intimidating process. It can be very discouraging.

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

Generally I draw every day just to keep my hand in. I draw while I'm sitting on the Tube or in restaurants. Just doodling things and people I see.

No matter how good you might be in a movie, you'll never be any better. But in a play, I can be better next Tuesday. That's the thrill of it.

I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.

Some of those early Kinks songs, we were barely in tune.