Quotes About Practice

Habit is a second nature.

Custom is almost a second nature.

Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless.

Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.

The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue.

Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval.

The people who test your patience are a blessing.. Without them, you can't practice patience.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.

Talent is long patience.

Talent is nothing but long patience.

Have "eternal wait," infinite patience. When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you. Either through awareness or through practice you reach the same spot.

It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding.

The Gnostic needs a lot of patience because any act of impatience leads him to failure.

The most valuable practice aid is patience.

patience is an integral part of talent.

By perfecting the practices of zazen and mindfulness, by learning patience and love and by realizing the essential emptiness of all phenomena, you will discover nirvana.

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.

Change needs practice. And practice needs patience.

The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.

We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences.