Practice Quotes

Spirituality as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.

You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.

To think is to practice brain chemistry.

Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician.

To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.

I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.

Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.

Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis

If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.

Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is.

From the very beginning I used sound business practices in everything I did. White businessman uses them to make money he's a genius. Black businessman uses them he's a crook. That's the way it is.

Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.

Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out.

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.

Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.

You must practice to be able to return to essential principles at any moment.

Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.

The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.

One hour of contemplation surpasses sixty years of worship.

The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world.

How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.

Practice yourself what you preach.

Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach?

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.

Practice to beat the best.

I have an agreement with the houseflies. The flies don't practice law and I don't walk on the ceiling.

Practice and enlightenment are not two.

Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human.

Whether I want to be at practice or not, I show up every day. Whether I'm healthy or I'm sick or hurt or tired, I show up every day.

Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.

Healthy habits are learned in the same way as unhealthy ones - through practice.

But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

The important point of spiritual practice is not to try to escape your life, but to face it - exactly and completely.

I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions - a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom.

Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.

I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart.

Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.

I practice Transcendental Meditation and I had enough exercise. I am one who thinks that not only need to have patience, we must persevere. If you do it right you'll see results.

People have often said to me, 'You're so relaxed when you play.' Relaxed my elbow. It's practice.

The quality of your practice is ultimately measured by its effect on the quality of your life. In other words, mastery in yoga is mastery of life.

We learn to believe by believing. We learn to love by loving. The practice of acting on a certain thing, even (or especially) when feeling is absent, embodies the entire "how" of growth.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.

The very word baptizé, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church.

Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.