You become a great writer by writing lots and lots of stories, not by rewriting the same story over and over again.

The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship under the presidency of the pastor or pastors, the gifts of the congregation.

Thinking, discriminating and practice – all three constitute the basic human characteristics.

One owes loyalty, only, to those who demonstrate in kind.

[With both qualifying and racing taking place on Saturday, racers will have an open practice on Friday.] Being able to run on Friday really helps, … It gives us time to make sure everything is...

It will take quite a long time before you find your calm, serene mind in your practice.

The discover of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.

One or a couple of good thoughts may be a fluke or derived from life’s challenges, a few can be a practice or a lesson from failures and bad experiences but the consistency of excellent...

They’d worked us really hard. We got in here, had a practice and got right into things.

BERENGER: And you consider all this natural? DUDARD: What could be more natural than a rhinoceros? BERENGER: Yes, but for a man to turn into a rhinoceros is abnormal beyond question. DUDARD: Well, of course,...

The fact that you lack the fruits is not a proof that you don’t have seeds. It’s not too late to drop your potentials into a good soil. Do it now; harvest awaits you soon!

The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

Do your best, and your best will be growing better.

He’s been telling me to make sure that if you practice at 11 o’clock and (Karl) wants you to be there at 10, you show up at 8:45,

Genius will only take you to ‘good.’ Practice will take you to ‘Master.

The only thing we ever asked is they’d be the hardest-working boy on the ice, whether it’s practice or games. Above and beyond that, that’s all you can ask. I think that helps create a...

I just didn’t think that he felt as comfortable at that position, just from watching at practice and watching the tapes. I didn’t want to take 15 days [of spring practice] and all of the...

We feel like we had two good days (of practice) Thursday and Friday.

Ask yourself the secret of YOUR success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.”

Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better.

I usually settle into a routine during the season where I shoot for about 15 or 20 minutes before and after practice, and then do the whole practice.

That is not right practice.” Even in wrong practice, when you realize it and continue, there is right practice.

It was pretty good after the game ? swelled up a hair. We didn’t practice yesterday just for that reason.

This won’t be a graded test, but it will be practice to make us better responders.

Preparation doesn’t assures victory, it assures confidence.

I would always try to cheer them on at practice. I’ll try to get them to do certain things in practice that I know that they can do so that they could see that they...

The secret of success in life is the persistent practice of making choices.

What you don’t know can make you fail! Perhaps the only reason why you are where you are is that, you’ve not known what you have to know… Go, learn and take the lead!

In practice, I’ve had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops.

I don’t think he ever beat me [in practice], not once.

Everybody was standing and hoping for Tyler to do it. We’ve talked in practice all week long [about how] they were going to swarm that ball, we need to keep it moving and keep the...

There’s no way to really prepare individually for them. We just do our normal practice schedule, and we’re just going to prepare to play.

We were more crisp on our routes and catches than any practice yet. That is two Saturdays in a row these guys have been out late and we haven’t had any problems. I’m proud of...

All we can do is try to have two good days of practice and tuck this one away. In a situation like this, you’ve got to have a short memory. Unfortunately, we’re in that situation...

Zach went hard in practice and said it feels pretty good. I’ll ask him. He’s usually pretty honest with me, so we’ll see how it feels and go from there.

He has done two days of exercises and all the practice.

I get to see him everyday in practice, and this is well-deserved. If you look back, not a lot of people expected that of him, but he never gave up.

What I have realized through practicing is that practice isn’t about beng the best horse or the good horse or the poor horse or the worst horse.

[Jones] doesn’t quite have his wind back. He had his first good practice since the injury three days ago. He’s almost there.

Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is adequate or not.

Smartass Disciple: Master, what did you do to earn wisdom ?Master of Stupidity: Well, I forget. Shit happened, life goes on.

We are so generic in our first practice,

I’ve been doing it since I was 14 years old. I was a freshman in high school. I would practice on myself, but I would always screw up and have to shave my head.

It was more a practice match for me, … I pulled a muscle playing doubles yesterday, but once I was out there today it was getting warm and getting better.

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

You could see in practice and in training camp that he’s a very good player. In practice, the things you would see weren’t really carrying over. Once we hit that All-Star break, he came out...

When we find ourselves in a situation in which our buttons are being pushed, we can choose to repress or act out, or we can choose to practice. If we can start to do the...

Spectacular performances are preceded by spectacular preparation

It was getting to the point that I hated to see him come to practice.

Every now and then you’d turn around (at practice) and see him goofing off with the guys. You don’t see that anymore.