Practice Quotes

• We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we're not in the mood to act.

  

  T. Harv Eker
  • Fear
  • Worry
  • Doubt

• I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them.

  

  Maria Monk
  • Great
  • Live
  • Practice

• Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States.

  

  Anna Louise Strong
  • Character
  • Practice

• In theory, everybody buys the best and cheapest commodities offered to him on the market. In practice, if every one went around pricing, and chemically testing before purchasing, the dozens of soaps or fabrics or brands of bread which are for sale, economic life would become hopelessly jammed.

  

  Edward Bernays
  • Economic
  • Sale
  • Pricing

• Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.

  

  Meg Greenfield
  • Democracy
  • Practice

• Please bear in mind that my observations and thoughts are the outcome of my own unaided impulse and curiosity alone; for, besides myself, in our town there be no philosophers who practice this art, so pray, take not amiss my poor pen and the liberty I here take in setting down my random notions.

  

  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
  • Mind
  • Art
  • Alone

• But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.

  

  Travis Barker Blink-182
  • Play
  • Practice
  • Pads

• God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.

  

  Mark Twain
  • God
  • School
  • Practice

• In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation, the growing appreciation of love, has the effect of reducing our inclination towards hatred and increasing our respect for love. By this means even anger can be diminished.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Growing
  • Respect
  • Daily

• When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Believe
  • Practice

• Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

  

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias
  • Long
  • Ability
  • Luck

• Unless we retain a vibrant desire to be free, and unless we understand and practice the principles that give life to essential freedoms, we have little reason to hope they will endure.

  

  Dean L. Larsen
  • Understand
  • Endure
  • Unless

• I try to practice mindfulness at all times, including the times where I'm nervous and I'm stressed.

  

  Christen Press
  • Practice
  • Mindfulness

• Basketball requires discipline. So does writing. Basketball requires practice. So does writing. Basketball requires resilience. So does writing.

  

  Angie Thomas
  • Writing
  • Discipline
  • Basketball

• The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

  

  Elihu Root
  • Practice
  • Growth
  • Exercise

• The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

  

  Agnes de Mille
  • Friend
  • Practice
  • Mirror

• Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

  

  Dallin H. Oaks
  • Commitment
  • Following
  • Continuous

• That's the best way to practice law, is writing about it and not having to be in the courtroom!

  

  John Grisham
  • Writing
  • Law
  • Practice

• Practice means making an effort to keep your mind steady. Yoga is about learning to pay attention. That's what drives transformation.

  

  Beryl Bender Birch
  • Yoga
  • Transformation
  • Pay Attention

• Banks and other providers of credit to households have been competing vigorously to expand or protect their market share. In the process, lending standards have been progressively eroded so that lenders are now engaging in practices that would have been regarded as out of the question five or ten years ago.

  

  Ian Macfarlane
  • Question
  • Years
  • Competition

• Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

  

  Joe Klein
  • American
  • Bible
  • Anonymous

• It's hard to go out and practice every single day, and you get really tired. But you have to believe in yourself.

  

  Summer Sanders
  • Believe
  • Single
  • Yourself

• Practice smiling by holding a pencil between your teeth for twenty minutes.

  

  Amy Cuddy
  • Practice

• The honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws up everything it touches; and that the Will to Believe is best confined to the Religious Venue, as to practice it elsewhere is just too damned expensive.

  

  David Mamet
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Religious

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