Quotes about Practice

It is usually considered good practice to examine a thing for one's self before echoing the vulgar ridicule of it. But in connection with the Bible, such scholarly restraints are somehow regarded as out of place.

The evangelical Christian is not true to his profession if he leaves his Christianity behind him on Monday morning.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

A republican government can only be supported by virtue; and the end of all our legislation should be to encourage our fellow citizens in its daily practice.

Now I know not anything that will contribute more to the furtherance of this good work than the bringing of family religion more into practice and reputation. Here the reformation must begin.

A minister or a Christian is what he lives, not what he preaches.

The proof that we believe something isn't when we agree with what someone teaches us, it's when we act on it.

Indeed, to know is something that pleases talkers and boasters, but to do is that which pleases God.

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day.

When I went to my room after breakfast, I made my bed, straightened the room, dusted the floor, and did whatever else came to my attention. Then I hurried to my violin practice. I found I wasn't progressing as I thought I should, so I reversed things. Until my practice period was completed, I deliberately neglected everything else. That program of planned neglect, I believe, accounts for my success.

Model: Ezra committed himself first to study God's Word, then to practice it, then to communicate it to the rest of Israel.