Quotes by Practice When you look at what is happening to our world-and it is hard to look at what's happening to our water, our air, our trees, our fellow species-it becomes clear that unless you have some roots in a spiritual practice that holds life sacred and encourages joyful communion with all your fellow beings, facing the enormous challenges ahead becomes nearly impossible. Joanna Macy practicespiritualroots I once had a patient who used to practice the most horrible tortures on himself, and when I asked him why he did such things, he said, 'Why before the world does them.' I asked him then, 'Why not wait and see what the world will do?' and he said, 'Don't you see? It always come at last, but this way at least I am master of my own destruction. Joanne Greenberg practicewaitingdoe So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach Jimmy Buffett tapepracticebeach That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion. Jock Sturges consumptionartistpractice The idea of being a practicing Catholic, it's - for me, it's like - I need a lot of practice, you know what I mean? Jim Gaffigan practicemeanideas Once you have a plan, you must sell it to the players. It is not enough to put it on the blackboard and say, 'Okay, here it is.' You have to convince the players that the plan is a good one and show them, in specific ways, why it will work. If you do, you send them out to the practice field with more confidence. Joe Gibbs playerpracticeway The genuflection toward 'fairness' is a familiar newsroom piety, in practice the excuse for a good deal of autopilot reporting and lazy thinking but in theory a benign ideal. In Washington, however, a community in which the management of news has become the single overriding preoccupation of the core industry, what 'fairness' has often come to mean is a scrupulous passivity, an agreement to cover the story not as it is occurring but as it is presented, which is to say as it is manufactured. Joan Didion practicemeanthinking Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort. Joe Hyams effortconsciouspractice There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it. Joe Louis boxersdancerpractice Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible. Joe Klein journalismtraditionpractice Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play! Joe Montana practiceplayfootball Our prep's not going to be any different. It will be optional batting practice like there was today. I don't want any more work. I don't want extra study. Joe Maddon differentpracticewant It's a good start. Seems like all the lines have chemistry right now. It's tough to tell after one game, but with only one practice all the guys looked like the flowed pretty good out there after the first period. Joe Thornton hockeypracticegames Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice. Joe Namath quarterbackballspractice I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy. Joe Namath enjoypractice I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice. Joey Dunlop lappracticefirsts Peace appeals to the hearts; studies to the brain. Both are needed, indeed indispensable. But equally indispensable is a valid link between brain and heart. And that, in a nutshell, is what peace studies and peace practice are all about. Johan Galtung practicebrainheart Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn skillspracticemotivational Despite all the hype about local or green food, the single biggest impediment to wider adoption is not research, programs, organizations, or networking. It is the demonizing and criminalizing of virtually all indigenous and heritage-based food practices. Joel Salatin hypeorganizationpractice What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve. Johann Sebastian Bach natural-giftsachievepractice«979899100101102103104105106107»
