Quotes about Practice

You can't have a belief system on Sunday and not live it the other six days.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.

Practice radical humility. He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated...

The skill to do comes of doing.

knowing does not guarantee doing. Doing engages the will and a preset commitment.

The way anything is developed is through practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice and more practice.

Wow! you might actually have to act like a Christian sometimes!

As we leave this chapter, choose a habit you want to form and begin putting these principles into practice. Be patient with yourself. It takes time to create habits, and you may not succeed every day. If you realize you have failed, don't waste time being discouraged; just pick up where you left off and begin again. Be kind to yourself, because beating yourself up for every mistake is another bad habit that needs to be broken.

There are thousands upon thousands of thoughts presented to us every day. The mind has to be renewed to follow after the Spirit and not the flesh. Our carnal (worldly, fleshly) minds have had so much practice operating freely that we surely don't have to use any effort to think wrong thoughts.

When we suffer from amnesia, every form of serious authority for faith is in question, and we live unauthorized lives of faith and practice unauthorized ministries.

As the church in reform draws closer to its core confession, it inescapably embraces its most radical vision that violates and contradicts conventional practice in its social context. What makes such reform difficult, moreover, is the fact that while we ponder the radical core claims of faith, we ourselves are variously enmeshed in conventional practices that are inimical to the gospel.

practice in elemental and unmistakable ways. He is wonderful in his teaching because he opens up new possibilities that were thought to be impossible.