Quotes about Practice

Now I know not anything that will contribute more to the furtherance of this good work than the bringing of family religion more into practice and reputation. Here the reformation must begin.

A minister or a Christian is what he lives, not what he preaches.

The proof that we believe something isn't when we agree with what someone teaches us, it's when we act on it.

Indeed, to know is something that pleases talkers and boasters, but to do is that which pleases God.

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day.

When I went to my room after breakfast, I made my bed, straightened the room, dusted the floor, and did whatever else came to my attention. Then I hurried to my violin practice. I found I wasn't progressing as I thought I should, so I reversed things. Until my practice period was completed, I deliberately neglected everything else. That program of planned neglect, I believe, accounts for my success.

Model: Ezra committed himself first to study God's Word, then to practice it, then to communicate it to the rest of Israel.

Are you doing what you ask others to do?

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.

Self-discipline is a quality that is won through practice. Psychologist Joseph Mancusi noted, "Truly successful people have learned to do what does not come naturally. Real success lies in experiencing fear or aversion and acting in spite of it.

Education without execution is extinction

Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible reading. By reading that book we may learn what to believe, what to be, and what to do; how to live with comfort, and how to die in peace." Happy is that man who possesses a Bible! Happier still is he who reads it! Happiest of all is he who not only reads it, but obeys it, and makes it the rule of his faith and practice!