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If a farmer and his family can get up at 5:30 every morning to milk cows, surly we can get up at that time to practice basketball.
Spiritual practice is the capacity to offer your love even when you feel hurt, closed down, tense, angry, misunderstood, or hated.
Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice.
I loved clinical practice, but in public health, you can impact more than one person at a time. The whole society is your patient.
That's one thing I pride myself on is working hard in the weight room, working hard in practice, trying to become a better player.
Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures.
Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.
Trust, practice, and then release yourself into the goodness of Existence and your life will prove that what you believe, you see.
I also survived circumcision, a barbaric practice designed to remind you as early as possible that your genitals are not your own.
Tantra is for the advanced spiritual practitioner who is ready to push aside spiritual practice in the name of spiritual practice.
As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not.
If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.
To maintain a powerful life force, forget yourself, forget about living and dying, and bring your full attention into this moment.
Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing.
I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.
You practice, you prepare, just go out, and let it flow. Just go play ball. You have to go out there and play loose and play free.
I wouldn't accept losing as a team, wouldn't accept losing as my team. It's like a war every practice. I think it helped us a lot.
Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory.Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability.
The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.
By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
It's definitely fun when you're able to translate your practice into the game. It's fun, and you know that your hard work paid off.
Like gluttony or drunkenness, hatred seems an agreeable vice when you practice it yourself, but disgusting when observed in others.
I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times.
Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something nourishing and delicious for the people you love?
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
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.
Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement.
Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.
The Author is subtly unflinching in its satirical attack on certain practices in the creation of art and the mediation of violence.
Accounting for the most part, remains a legalistic and traditional practice, almost immune to self-criticism by scientific methods.
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
My guitar sound pretty much came from discovering there was reverb on my little practice amp and really loving the mood it created.
For me, my yoga practice is like putting a one in front of a lot of zeros. Without my practice, everything quickly becomes chaotic.
What determines how much time and deliberate practice a child is willing to devote to achievement? Nothing less than her character.
Football is a violent, violent sport, and you have to practice that way in order to get at elite levels on Saturday, in my opinion.
By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.
It's much better to play the guitar a half hour a day, every day, than not practice for a week and then jam for five hours one day.
The celebration... you cannot practice it or anything. It's a moment when the excitement of your goal make you react to the moment.
If people would turn their TVs off for half the time, study science and practice an instrument, they'd be virtuosos and have Ph.Ds!
When you have grown accustomed to sitting and meditating, try to stop your thoughts. That's the bottom line in meditative practice.
In theory we are all equal before the law. In practice, there are overwhelming privileges that come with winning the birth lottery.
I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.
Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.
The pine fought the storm and broke. The willow yielded to the wind and snow and did not break. Practice Jiu-Jitsu in just this way.
Whether I want to be at practice or not, I show up every day. Whether I'm healthy or I'm sick or hurt or tired, I show up every day.
All of the exoteric teachings are only designed to give you the type of life that will allow you to practice the esoteric teachings.
There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.
It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event.
Philosophy must never be divorced from action. Unless it is put into practice, philosophy is nothing more than an intellectual game.
In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.