Quotes
Quotes about Practice
Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting . It is the last socially acceptable prejudice.
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
If you think practicing what you preach is rough, just try preaching what you practice.
I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do.
I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June: And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold, A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.
The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. -Thomas More.
Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of human activities, in habits and practices. And each change in the actions of those affected in the first instance will require further adjustments that will gradually extend through the whole of society. Every change thus in a sense creates a "problem" for society, even though no single individual perceives it as such; it is gradually "solved" by the establishment of a new overall adjustment.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt. (explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982)
They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free. (explaining his contractual obligations)
Coming out of BYU's football spring, 1999, practice: We might have a chance to be pretty good.
There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing â a vice little known heretofore in the American army â is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.'
The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
