Practice Quotes - Page 26

• Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the relationship to one's work.

  Max De Pree

  Believe, Heart, Understanding

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory.Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability.

  Alois Podhajsky

  Littles, Proof, Theory

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• Yoga is the practice of radical transformation

  Georg Feuerstein

  Yoga, Transformation, Radical

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• The more we practice nonviolence in our words, thoughts and actions the more peaceful will be our inner state.

  Amit Ray

  Peaceful, Our Words, Action

  Amit Ray (2012). “Nonviolence: The Transforming Power”, p.72, INNER LIGHT PUBLISHERS

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• When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness. What benefit can be derived from distinctions and separations?

  Sengcan

  Judging, Benefits, Separation

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• To contact the deeper truth of who we are, we must engage in some activity or practice that questions what we assume to be true about ourselves.

  A. H. Almaas

  Inspirational, Truth, Real

  A. H. Almaas (2000). “The Point of Existence: Transformations of Narcissism in Self-Realization”, p.29, Shambhala Publications

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• The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of adult intimacy and of universal compassion, and the essential qualities of mindfulness practice.

  David Richo

  Appreciation, Acceptance, Compassion

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• Climbing Jacob''s Ladder is a gutsy, glowing account of one man's encounter with a potent spiritual practice and how it transformed his life. This is a precious book - that rare combination of solid wisdom and good literature.

  Larry Dossey

  Spiritual, Book, Men

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• Most children, even very bright ones, need constant review and practice to truly own a concept in grammar, math or science. In schools today, on paper it may appear that kids are learning skills, but in reality they are only renting them, soon to forget what they've learned over the weekend or summer vacation.

  Rafe Esquith

  Summer, Children, Kids

  Rafe Esquith (2009). “Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World”, p.22, Penguin

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• We need practice solving problems.

  Bob Gill

  Needs, Problem, Problem Solving

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• The celebration... you cannot practice it or anything. It's a moment when the excitement of your goal make you react to the moment.

  Peter Bondra

  Goal, Excitement, Celebration

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• Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Spiritual Practice

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.15, New World Library

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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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• When you make the U-turn to the Universal Presence and apply the Universal practices and principles, your life is changed.

  Michael Beckwith

  Inspirational, Law Of Attraction, Principles

  FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Nov 29, 2012

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• Trust, practice, and then release yourself into the goodness of Existence and your life will prove that what you believe, you see.

  Michael Beckwith

  Inspirational, Trust, Believe

  FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Feb 09, 2013

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• Practice is a shared history of learning. Practice is conversational. 'Communities of Practice' are groups of people who share a concern (domain) or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better (practice) as they interact regularly (community).

  Etienne Wenger

  Passion, People, Design

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