Quotes About Practice

In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.

Habit is a form of exercise.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards

Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.

Pornography is the instruction. Rape is the practice, battered women are the practice, and battered children are the practice.

Life is like a piano... what you get out of it depends on how you play it.

The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?

If we practice love from moment to moment, from day to day and year to year, love becomes our life. With practice, love becomes what we breathe, think and do, a state of mind and a way of being.

Enlightenment does not come by reading many books, obtaining multiple academic degrees, meditating and starving the body under an ancient tree or praying the whole night under the moonlight! Enlightenment rises from within a soul that practices pure mercy, compassion, gratefulness, faithfulness and love in every situation! Because these qualities bring one closer to The Divine! The more closer one is to The Divine by practicing divine qualities, the more enlightened one will become!

When we practice loving, kindness and compassion, we are the first ones to profit.

You don't need to justify your love, you don't need to explain your love, you just need to practice your love. Practice creates the master.

Once again, it is important to keep in mind that there isn't necessarily a connection between how much you are enjoying the practice and its longer-term benefits. It can take time for the mind to reconnect fully with the body as countless networks in the brain have to rewire and strengthen themselves.

Meditation is a simple practice that gains its power from repetition. It's only through this that we can become aware of the repeating patterns in our own minds.

there isn't necessarily a connection between how much you are enjoying the practice and its longer-term benefits.

Meditation is not a religion. Mindfulness is simply a method of mental training.

When it comes to childhood, therefore, it was reasonable to suggest that a prolonged period before independence was required once humans began to perform difficult tasks, like hunting or making pottery and baskets. Children could spend their time practicing these skills, which would better prepare them for success as adults in a hunter-gatherer society. In effect, this idea would mean that children are schooling themselves, and were doing so long before formal education was invented.

There's never a good time for Mindfulness, and there's never a bad time. Mindfulness is one of those things you simply do, because if you practice being aware - completely open to the universe, just exactly as it is - you will transform your life in time.

It takes much time and patience to perfect this practice, so do not be discouraged by failure. This habit is only developed with much difficulty. Yet when it is achieved, how great will be your joy!

If he had done well, he gave thanks to God. If not, he asked for forgiveness. Then without being discouraged, he set his mind right again, and continued his practice of the presence of God, as if he had never deviated from it.

Let him think of God as often as he can. Let him gradually develop within himself this small but sacred practice.

Though not often discussed, there is a split of sorts in the meditating world—namely, between concentration and mindfulness techniques.

If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing it badly.

Masters become masters because they practice in the little moments. Every pause, every moment to yourself is an opportunity to try again. Every tiny shift matters, and the more you practice, the better you will become. Besides, if not now, when?