When I shot ‘Private Practice,’ Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting. – Stephen Amell
The thought you have now shapes your experience of the next moment. Practice shaping the moment. – Tom Barrett
I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match. – Tony Dungy
I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the practice of accumulation. – William Graham Sumner
I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent. – Tim Hudson
Whether I’m playing right now or not, I still have an opportunity to get better in practice. It’s like sharpening my blade. – Stefon Diggs
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed. – Willie Stargell
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere – the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue. – Terry Eagleton
One needs to constantly read up, practice and work, irrespective of your profession. If I feel as an actor that I know everything, then how will I to grow? How will I improve? I’ll be stuck in a rut, and eventually I’ll grow complacent. – Sonam Kapoor
In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice. – Vinoba Bhave
I am highly variable in my devotion. From a doctrinal point of view or a dogmatic point of view or a strictly Catholic adherent point of view, I’m first to say that I talk a good game, but I don’t know how good I am about it in practice. – Stephen Colbert
The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise. – Thomas Sydenham
The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies. – Terry Waite
When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet. – Thich Nhat Hanh
Activities that seem to represent choices are often inert reproductions of accepted practice. – Shoshana Zuboff
I admire Ai Weiwei for his art and his activism. His art is beautiful in form, and in function embodies the principles of populism and social consciousness I aspire to in my own practice. – Shepard Fairey
Writers tell stories better, because they’ve had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche. – Tanith Lee
Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice. – Zig Ziglar
Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert. – William Osler
It may take practice to think more positively and more compassionately, but just as you must train a puppy to behave the way you want it to, you must train your mind to behave itself. Otherwise, like the puppy, your mind will just make a lot of messes. – Tom Barrett
I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on horseback, and even with the little practice I have yet had, I find it shakes me less. – William John Wills
Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else. – Walter Koenig