Practice means to perform over and over again
in the face of all obstacles,
some act of vision, of faith, of desire.
Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
-Martha Graham

If you do things because you should do them,
then this is real practice.
-D. T. Suzuki

The first thing to do is to understand the rule;
the second thing is to learn the practice of it.
-Arthur Schopenhauer

Accept in practice what you accept in theory.
-Ramana Maharshi

We have all the light we need,
we just need to put it into practice.
-Albert Pike

Knowledge is of no value
unless you put it into practice.
-Anton Chekhov

Miles of theory are easier than an inch of practice -

but only practice pays off.

-J. Sig Paulson 

That one is learned
who has reduced his learning to practice.
-Hitopadesa

What we do best or most perfectly
is what we have most thoroughly learned
by the longest practice.
-Henry David Thoreau

It is not necessarily the amount of time
you spend at practice that counts;
it's what you put into the practice.
-Eric Lindros

You really do not need to know many things,
but you definitely need to practice what you know.
-Swami Rama

Try to put into practice well what you already know;
and in doing so, you will in good time,
discover the hidden things which you now inquire about.
practice what you know,
and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.
-Rembrandt van Rijn

To practice is to organize oneself
down to the very fibre.
-Deng Ming-Dao

Great thoughts reduced to practice
become great acts.
-George Herbert

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind:
repetitive application — practice.
What you practice is what you manifest.
-Fay Weldon

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake,
in little things and then proceed to greater.
-Epictetus

We must practice in a way that removes the barrier
between practice and non-practice.
-Thich Nhat Hanh

Practice begins, continues and ends in each moment.

-Joseph Goldstein

Through practice
 we can learn to stay present in every moment,
and thereby achieve much
that we were previously incapable of.
-T. V. K. Desikachar

No practice exists in isolation.
-Idries Shah

At first you will think of practice as a limited part of your life.
In time you will realize
that everything you do is part of your practice.
-Richard Alpert, "Ram Dass"

My life is my practice.
-Richard Alpert, "Ram Dass"

Everything is practice.
-Pele

Practice is everything.
-Periander

Practice is the best master.
-Publilius Syrus

Practice makes perfect.
-English Proverb

You practice and you get better.
It's very simple.
-Philip Glass

Your craftsmanship
comes out of your dedication to your practice.
-Bill Russell

We learn by practice whether it means
to learn to dance by practicing dancing
or or learn to live by practicing living,
the principles are the same.
In each is in the performance
of dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual,
from which come shape of achievement,
a sense of one's being, a satisfaction with spirit.
-Martha Graham

What makes a man a good artist, a good sculptor, a good musician?
Practice.
What makes a man a good linguist, a good stenographer?
Practice.
What makes a man a good man?
Practice.
-Henry Drummond

It takes practice.
Submit to a daily practice.
Your loyalty to that is a ring on the door.
Keep knocking and the joy inside
will eventually open a window
and look out to see who's there.
-Djalal al-Din Rumi

Practice is like the wind that does nothing to the sun

but acts to clear away the overshadowing clouds.

-Alistair Shearer

Real Practice has orientation or direction,
but it has no purpose or gaining idea,
so it can include everything that comes.
-Shunryu Suzuki

Practice, practice, practice.

All is coming.

-Pattabhi Jois