However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

I think you’re working and learning until you die.

Differences exist in practice and organization between the Lord’s Church and man-made institutions.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Your touch and your feel for the game is pretty much gone if you don’t work on it – at least get some shots up or dribble the ball.

The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.

I’ve taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show.

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I’d play ‚em over and over.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

I’m an expert typist. I learned in high school. I would close my eyes and just type without worrying about mistakes. I tried to penetrate my heart, and as I let my thoughts drift, things bubbled up to the surface.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind.

You’re unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff, but further, you should get a heck of a lot of fun out of working out funny relations and interesting things.

To the man who reads ‚Scouting for Boys‘ superficially, there is a disappointing lack of religion in the book. But to him who tries it in practice, the basic religion underlying it soon becomes apparent.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

The bat is not a toy, it’s a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy – which many believe goes hand in hand with it – will be dead as well.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

I think that’s why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven’t given people everything.

Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word.

Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.

Some of the stuff I do on the court is what most people think they can do.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

After the first day of practice, there’s not one guy who’s playing at 100 percent or who feels great. Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it just hurts.

I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody’s talents.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

I have to work really hard to get the record deal – I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.

You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.

One of the things that I’m very excited about with New Shepard, which is our suborbital tourism vehicle, is using that to get a lot of practice. One of the equilibria that we’re at today with space launch is that we don’t get to practice enough.

I’m such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.

Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.

I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

What is common sense isn’t common practice.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

When you have enough understanding and compassion in you, then that amount of understanding and compassion will try to express itself in action. And your practice should help you to cultivate more understanding and compassion.

It’s the way I study – to understand something by trying to work it out or, in other words, to understand something by creating it. Not creating it one hundred percent, of course; but taking a hint as to which direction to go but not remembering the details. These you work out for yourself.

When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching and practice.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don’t know any better.

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

To master a new technology, you have to play with it.

You can’t hire someone to practice for you.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.

Better is the enemy of good.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.