Practice proverbs

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◆ I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

- Martha Graham99

◆ For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

- Aristotle99

◆ Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders' insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce compassion.

- Bonnie Myotai Treace99

◆ You don't need to justify your love, you don't need to explain your love, you just need to practice your love. Practice creates the master.

- Miguel Ruiz99

◆ Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.

- Patrick Rothfuss99

◆ ...You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard...

- Morgan Matson99

◆ Practice makes the master.

- Patrick Rothfuss99

◆ Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.

- Ann Voskamp99

◆ What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.

- Frank Herbert99

◆ No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear.

- Greg Kincaid99

◆ Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propositions before breakfast, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic, an ethical alchemy. If you behave in a certain way, you will be transformed. The myths and laws of religion are not true because they they conform to some metaphysical, scientific or historical reality but because they are life enhancing. They tell you how human nature functions, but you will not discover their truth unless you apply these myths and doctrines to your own life and put them into practice.

- Karen Armstrong99

◆ You are what you practice most.

- Richard Carlson99

◆ Champions keep playing until they get it right.

- Billie Jean King99

◆ It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.

- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart99

◆ Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit

- Norman Vincent Peale98