Practise Quotes - Page 6

• I believe both the mind and the body need to be strong. We practise so hard that even if we hit a saturation point, we can't stop because that is the kind of dedication the sport requires.

  Satnam Singh Bhamara

  Sports, Strong, Believe

  Source: in.askmen.com

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• I'm not an Orthodox Jew, I don't practise much in the way of Jewish religion, but I am very Jewish and I think it probably does indeed influence what I do.

  Michael Marmot

  Thinking, Doe, Way

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• You don't have to go the gym - just walk 10,000 steps a day and you are activating your good genes. But do practise yoga.

  Deepak Chopra

  Yoga, Steps, Genes

  Source: www.psychologies.co.uk

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• Socialist economy cannot reject the huge advantages of the world division of labor: on the contrary, it will carry it to the highest development. But in practise, it is not a question of the future socialist society, with an established internal equilibrium, but of the given technically and culturally backward country which in the interests of industrialisation and collectivization is forced to export as much as possible in order to import as much as possible.

  Leon Trotsky

  Country, Socialist Economy, Division Of Labor

  Source: www.marxists.org

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• I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to.

  Andy Murray

  Spain, Dedicated, Academy

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Meditation is focused attention and the more we practise focusing our brains the more connections we build up.

  Philippa Perry

  Meditation, Brain, Connections

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Practise only as many times as you have breakfast.

  Shinichi Suzuki

  Breakfast

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• Practise love. Sitting alone in your room, be loving. Radiate love. Fill the whole room with your love energy.

  Rajneesh

  Energy, Sitting, Rooms

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• I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them.

  Uma Thurman

  Mom, Running, Spiritual

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• Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities" You will soon attain immortality.

  Socrates

  Integrity, Humility, Vanity

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• Truth often finds its way to the mind close muffled in robes of sleep, and then speaks with uncompromising directness of matters in regard to which we practise an unconscious self-deception during our waking moments.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Sleep, Self, Deception

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2012). “Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories”, p.20, Courier Corporation

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• I believe that the dysfunctional Muslim family constitutes a real threat to the very fabric of western life. It is in the family that children are groomed to practise, promote and pass on the norms of their parents' culture.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Children, Real, Believe

  "Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations". Book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2010.

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• According to Marx, socialism is the first stage of communism and it covers a very long historical period in which we must practise the principle "to each according to his work" and combine the interests of the state, the collective and the individual, for only thus can we arouse people's enthusiasm for labour and develop socialist production.

  Deng Xiaoping

  Long, People, Historical

  Source: blog.hiddenharmonies.org

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• The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practise.

  Assata Shakur

  Believe, Firsts, Planning

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• How long shall we sit in our porticoes practising idle and musty virtues, which any work would make impertinent? As if one were tobegin the day with long-suffering, and hire a man to hoe his potatoes; and in the afternoon go forth to practise Christian meekness and charity with goodness aforethought!

  Henry David Thoreau

  Christian, Men, Long

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.516, Delphi Classics

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• Short of actual blunders, lack of faith in one's position is the chief cause of defeat. To be sure, it is easy to recommend faith and not so easy to practise it.

  Fred Reinfeld

  Causes, Chess, Losing

  Fred Reinfeld (1961). “Great Short Games of the Chess Masters”, p.201, Courier Corporation

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• If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities. Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha.

  Ajahn Chah

  Giving Up, Quality, Needs

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• We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way. If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.

  Ajahn Chah

  Lying, Practice, Mind

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• The mind of one who practises doesn't run away anywhere, it stays right there. Good, evil, happiness and unhappiness, right and wrong arise, and he knows them all. The meditator simply knows them, they don't enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.

  Ajahn Chah

  Running, Evil, Mind

  Achaan Chah, Ajahn Chah (2006). “A Taste of Freedom: Selected Dhamma Talks”, p.48, Buddhist Publication Society

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• We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.

  C. S. Lewis

  People, Behaviour, Kind

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “Mere Christianity”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause of our future happiness and peace of mind.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Meditation, Mind, Future Happiness

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.35, Tharpa Publications US

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• I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.

  Patrick Duffy

  Buddhism, Years, Wife

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• The longer I practise medicine, the more convinced I am there are only two types of cases: those that involve taking the trousers off and those that don't.

  Alan Bennett

  Science, Two, Medicine

  1973 Habeas Corpus.

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• In mixed company women practise a kind of visual shorthand that they later decode in detail in other women's company.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  Women, Details, Kind

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• Look at people in your life as “practice.” The way you react to them allows you to see what you have to work on within yourself.

  Susan Jeffers

  Positive, Wise, Wisdom

  "Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway".

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