Quotes by category:Practice

What's needed in this case is conscious and serious practice in hearing, and using, and being used by, other people's voices.

Ursula K. Le Guin

voice practice writing

There are dance artists, painting artists and writing artists. Authors are writing artists. You can practice art in whatever medium you choose, and words are mine.

Ursula K. Le Guin

practice writing art

It's not true that you should first think up an idea for a better world and only then "put it into practice," but, rather, through the fact of your existence in the world, you create the idea or manifest it - create it, as it were, from the "material of the world," articulate it in the "language of the world."

practice ideas thinking

Art is action. The way I live my life to its highest degree is by... by Ursula K. Le Guin

Art is action. The way I live my life to its highest degree is by writing, the practice of art.

Ursula K. Le Guin

practice writing art

I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own pr... by Valerie June

I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.

religious practice spiritual

I should have done target practice. by Valerie Solanas

I should have done target practice.

Valerie Solanas

target practice should-have

Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures.

Vallabha Acharya

compassion practice giving

God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.

judging practice christian

You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice.

suffering practice christian

The enclosure of the biological and intellectual commons in this way is a real threat to the future of people everywhere because it creates a situation where common practices that have been part of people's lives for generations become monopolies of a handful of pharmaceutical, agribusiness and agrichemical corporations. People then become incapable of looking after their own needs.

real practice people

The thing that's most important in getting you in the best mindest is just being prepared - having a great practice, and knowing that no matter what knowing you're going to go in with confidence. You need to have that confidence to power through.

important knowing practice

Living in the now is freedom from all problems connected with time. You ought to remember that sentence, you ought to memorize it, and ought to take it out, you ought to practice it, you ought to apply it. And most of all, you ought to rejoice in it because you have just heard how not to be wretched, miserable you any more but to be a brand new, and forever brand new man or woman.

practice forever men

To the greatest extent possible, I try to make choices that involve the least amount of cruelty and environmental damage. I'm interested in sustainable agriculture, environmental issues, human rights, and my interconnectedness in the web of life. It is a great pleasure for me to find products and practices that have a positive effect on living beings and the environment, rather than a negative one.

web-of-life practice rights

Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot o... by Veronica Roth

Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.

pain practice worry

Oh, are we at the insult part of the breakup?" she says. "Because I got in a lot of practice after what happened with Will. I have several choice things to say about her nose.

breakup choices practice

If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, b... by Victoria Beckham

If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!

Victoria Beckham

fake-people high-heels practice

If you've ever tried meditation and didn't stay with it, I recommend you try it again. Some time has passed. In the interim, you may have developed the discipline of mind or the patience you were short on before. Let these qualities aid your practice. (173)

discipline practice patience

My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly. by Victoria Woodhull

My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.

Victoria Woodhull

judging practice love

It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles.

Victoria Woodhull

editors principles practice

I want to play golf, practice and not do much else. I don't drink, I don't smoke and I hate going places where you have to yell at someone who is about a foot away from you.

hate practice golf