Practice Quotes - Page 14

• Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
  We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
  in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".

  Plato

  Skills, Excellence, Acting

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• My message is always the same: to cultivate and practice love, kindness, compassion and tolerance.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Kindness, Compassion

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• One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Men, Bridges, Tragedy

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.34, Beacon Press

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• All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Communication, Differences, Opinion

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• I did not practice hours a day for eighteen years to have my success attributed to a myth.

  Josh Groban

  Years, Hours, Myth

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• One of the best ways to practice the presence of the Lord is to thank Him all the time.

  Joseph Prince

  Way, Lord, Best Way

  Joseph Prince (2011). “100 Days of Favor”, p.77, Charisma Media

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• I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did that for me, for no one can understand Holy Scripture without practice and temptations...I t is not by reading, writing, or speculation that one becomes a theologian. Nay, rather, it is living, dying, and being damned that makes one a theologian.

  Martin Luther

  Reading, Writing, Temptation

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• If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have in your practice. That is naturalness.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Ideas, Want, Study

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.99, Shambhala Publications

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• Do not entertain hopes for realization, but practice all your life.

  Milarepa

  Realization

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• Prayer doesn’t work. Perhaps it makes the believer feel better (in the same way that meditation or deep thought would), but prayer doesn’t actually affect the external world. Not only is it ineffective, but it is also a very narcissistic practice… why would a 'God' change its 'Divine Plan' to accommodate any person’s wishes?

  David G. McAfee

  Prayer, Feel Better, Effectiveness

  FaceBook post by David G. McAfee from Jun 29, 2014

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• Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.

  Robin Sharma

  Strong, Live Life, Hard Work

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• Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs-and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Integrity, Belief, Behavior

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• It takes practice to hear your true desires. Your passion will often come as a whisper or serendipitous event that reminds you of what's important and what makes you happy.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Motivational, Passion, Important

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• All of us can improve the quality of our lives if we practice the art of self-care and train our minds to think thoughts that make us feel good.

  Louise Hay

  Art, Thinking, Self

  Louise L. Hay, Cheryl Richardson (2011). “You Can Create an Exceptional Life: Candid Conversations with Louise Hay and Cheryl Richardson”, p.12, Hay House, Inc

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• Most people don’t question the practice of eating meat. Many of these people care about animals and the environment, some deeply. But for some reason-force of habit, cultural norms, resistance to change-there is a fundamental disconnect whereby these feelings don’t translate into changes of behavior.

  Brian Greene

  Animal, People, Feelings

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• Practice being in the present. Do what you're doing 100%.

  T. Harv Eker

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Nov 26, 2013

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• Become aware of your negative expectations and practice replacing them with positive expectations.

  Debbie Ford

  Expectations, Negative, Positive Expectations

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• What matters are not the truths other people tell us or the practices that we are able to mimic, but the spiritual discoveries we make through personal investigation.

  Adyashanti

  Spiritual, What Matters, Discovery

  Adyashanti (2010). “True Meditation: Discover the Freedom of Pure Awareness”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude.

  Chip Conley

  Gratitude, Joy, Way

  "The Five Fundamentals of Management Etiquette" by Chip Conley, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 2012.

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• We must determine to hear God's Words and put them into practice.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Determine

  Lysa TerKeurst (2010). “Am I Messing Up My Kids?: ...and Other Questions Every Mom Asks”, p.131, Harvest House Publishers

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• The point is not how long you meditate; the point is whether the practice actually brings you to a certain state of mindfulness and presence, where you are a little open and able to connect with your heart essence. And five minutes of wakeful sitting practice is of far greater value than twenty minutes of dozing!

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Heart, Essence, Long

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• A lot of friendship is about practice, that’s something I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older. It’s not simply some spiritual soul-bond of memories and longings, it’s really about having coffee every week, or talking on the phone every day or every other day - whatever suits you.

  Ann Brashares

  Spiritual, Memories, Coffee

  FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Sep 26, 2011

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

  Sakyong Mipham

  Heart, Meditation Practice, Mind

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.136, Harmony

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

  Bell Hooks

  Teaching, Movement, Boundaries

  Bell Hooks (2014). “Teaching To Transgress”, p.20, Routledge

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• The following story is one which he related recently regarding the practice of fault - finding among creeds: A frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time. . . .

  Swami Vivekananda

  Long, Stories, Frogs

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