Quotes about Practice

My work was practice, practice, practice. Discouragement and weariness cast me down frequently; but the next moment the thought that I should soon be at home and show my loved ones what I had accomplished spurred me on, and I eagerly looked forward to their pleasure in my achievement.

Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.

Then, again, there are three things which every artificer must possess if he is to effect anything,—nature, education, practice. Nature is to be judged by capacity, education by knowledge, practice by its fruit.

Ah! How contrary are the teachings of Jesus to the feelings of nature! Without the help of His grace it would be impossible not only to put them into practice, but to even understand them.

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

Remember: the amateur works until he can get it right. The professional works until he cannot go wrong.

We could read every book even written on prayer, but that won't make us people of prayer. We learn to pray by doing it.

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Learning to preach is difficult because preaching is difficult.

A spiritual life without discipline is impossible. Discipline is the other side of discipleship. The practice of a spiritual discipline makes us more sensitive to the small, gentle voice of God.

Community as discipline is the effort to create a free and empty space among people where together we can practice true obedience.