Quotes about Practice

Not everyone is able to walk, but most people can, which makes walking one of the most easily available spiritual practices of all. All it takes is the decision to walk with some awareness, both of who you are and what you are doing. Where you are going is not as important, however counterintuitive that may seem.

On day three, I decided that a power outage would make a great spiritual practice.

Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works - but our lives refute our faith.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.

under the velvety fabric, as if it were made of scratchy sackcloth. I want you to trust Me enough to realize your privileged position in My kingdom. Relax in the luxuriant folds of your magnificent robe. Keep your eyes on Me as you practice

Here are the words of Moses (in italics) that explain how the Shema was to be practiced: Memorize them: Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Teach them: Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise [evening and morning]. Make it physical: Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead. Publish them: [W]rite them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

There is nothing complex about this most simple of moral maxims; its difficulty is in the doing, not in the knowing.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

Hirsch and Ford believe that we've 'demonstrated' enough. It's now time for 'doing.' This book shows how to be missional 'Right Here, Right Now.'

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

There was not a man in the party but believed that with a little practice he could stand in a row, especially if there were others along;