Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Practice

Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914–56) American Athlete, Golfer

You can’t hire someone to practice for you.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author

And because we are creatures of habit, we must practice. I urge you to practice acting in spite of fear, practice acting in spite of inconvenience, practice acting in spite of discomfort, and practice acting even when you’re not in the mood.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, “Ah Maestro, you are a genius!” Paderewski tartly replied, “Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod!” What he was saying was that his present acclaim was not handed to him on a silver platter. He, too, was once a little boy laboriously practicing his scales. And even at his peak, behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.
Eric Butterworth (1916–2003) American Spirituality Writer

Practice is the best of all instructors.
Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer

All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
Sean O’Casey (1880–1964) Irish Dramatist, Memoirist

I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody—somewhere—was practicing more than me.
Larry Bird (b.1956) American Basketball Player

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true—hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.
Ray Bradbury (b.1920) American Novelist, Short Story Writer

There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) German Composer, Musician

For every finish-line tape a runner breaks—complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras—there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about.
Grete Waitz (1953–2011) Norwegian Athlete

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson

We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we’re not in the mood to act.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, (“to think”) and tra (“tool”). So the literal translation is “a tool of thought”. And that’s how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.
Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter

The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
Unknown

Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Vince Lombardi, Jr. (1913–70) American Football Player, Coach

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author

What I call “doing the dishes” is the practice of loving the task in front of you. Your inner voice guides you all day long to do simple things such as brush your teeth, drive to work, call your friend, or do the dishes. Even though it’s just another story, it’s a very short story, and when you follow the direction of the voice, the story ends. We are really alive when we live as simply as that—open, waiting, trusting, and loving to do what appears in front of us now…What we need to do unfolds before us, always—doing the dishes, paying the bills, picking up the children’s socks, brushing our teeth. We never receive more than we can handle, and there is always just one thing to do. Whether you have ten dollars or ten million dollars, life never gets more difficult than that.
Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author

I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher

Whether or not we have hope depends on two dimensions of our explanatory style; pervasiveness and permanence. Finding temporary and specific causes for misfortune is the art of hope: Temporary causes limit helplessness in time, and specific causes limit helplessness to the original situation. On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors. Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair… The optimistic style of explaining good events is the opposite of that used for bad events: It’s internal rather than external. People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.
Martin Seligman (b.1942) American Psychologist, Author

If you want to move to a new level in your life, you must break through your comfort zone and practice doing things that are not comfortable.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity. Its object is not personal Mukti, although Mukti is a necessary condition of the yoga, but the liberation and transformation of the human being. It is not personal Ananda, but the bringing down of the divine Ananda—Christ’s kingdom of heaven, our Satyayuga—upon the earth.
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian Mystic, Philosopher, Poet

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher

Apathy can only be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.
Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975) British Historian

Losers have tons of variety. Champions take pride in just learning to hit the same old boring winners.
Vic Braden (b.1929) American Sportsperson, Author

Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don’t really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
Althea Gibson (1927–2003) American Tennis Player

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important aims of philosophy.
Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
Larry Bird (b.1956) American Basketball Player

Practice is everything.
Periander (c.625–585 BCE) Tyrant of Corinth

A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914–56) American Athlete, Golfer

Don’t do anything in practice that you wouldn’t do in the game.
George Halas

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