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"(1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day begins so the rest of the day continues; (2) give yourselves sincerely to God on going to bed in the evening, asking Him for the strength to overcome yourselves in the morning and to obey His voice without delay."
"Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire."
"One way to develop faith and confidence is simply to practice using it. If I were to ask you whether you're confident that you can tie your own shoes, I'm sure you could tell me with perfect confidence that you can. Why? Only because you've done it thousands of times! So practice confidence by using it consistently, and you'll be amazed at the dividends it reaps in every area of your life."
"It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public."
"Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions."
"Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by action. If this be true, not only do the doctrines of wisdom help us but the precepts also, which check and banish our emotions by a sort of official decree."
"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it."
"A symptom of the revolution: When we state something is impossible in theory, but then change our minds when we discover that it is possible in practice."
"I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it."
"This ancient practice of the Rudrabhishekam, with the chanting of mantras, has been happening since thousands of years. It creates such a deep resonance in our consciousness, because our consciousness is very ancient"
"At the heart of that western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man...is the touchstone of value, and all society, all groups, and states, exist for that person's benefit. Therefore the enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and the abiding practice of any western society."
"Success is less about luck, and more about practice."
"The best way to create spectacular results in the most important areas of your life is through daily practice"
"Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and then putting it into practice."
"In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed."
"To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition."
"The real work is in the practice."
"When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state."
"Family organisation is broken and young animals are increasingly being denied a mother to turn to for comfort and for grooming. One of the saddest and most pathetic of farm practices - inevitable at the present time for the supply of dairy produce - is the separation of the calf from the cow at birth or soon after."
"Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show."
