Quotes About Application

Almost all professionals are slow to use their own expertise for their own work.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. FRIEDRICH ENGELS

operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

Well, all I know is this—nothing you ever learn is really wasted, and will sometime be used.

Adrian, however, pushed us to believe in the application of thought to life, in the notion

Charm, my dear, Cynthia wanted to tell her, is not learned, it is innate. And it is honed by desperation and need and sharpened by application. If you want the truth, that is.

Like any skill, religion requires perseverance, hard work, and discipline. Some people will be better at it than others, some appallingly inept, and some will miss the point entirely. But those who do not apply themselves will get nowhere at all. Religious people find it hard to explain how their rituals and practices work, just as a skater may not be fully conscious of the physical laws that enable her to glide over the ice on a thin blade.

Golden rule is not a notional doctrine that you either agree with, or make yourself believe in. It is a method and the only adequate test of any method is to put it into practice.

Again, what works well in the spiritual domain can become destructive and even immoral if interpreted literally and practically in the mundane world. It

If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you, for He is the man to whom it all applies, every bit of it.

The true meaning of a term is to be found by observing what a man does with it, not by what he says about it.

The young man must store up, the old man must use.

A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

Every branch of knowledge which a good man possesses, he may apply to some good purpose.

It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.

Knowledge without action cost money

Knowing Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Wishing Is Not Enough; We Must Do.

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.

Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends

There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if you start applying it to rock & rollers.

The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.

Long patience and application saturated with your heart's blood-you will either write or you will not-and the only way to find out whether you will or not is to try.

The best joke-tellers are those who have the patience to wait for conversation to come around to the point where the jokes in their repertoire have application.

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