1,113 Quotes About Practice

Exercise your mind the same as you would exercise your body. Practice healthy mental habits that will help you, empower you, and improve your perspectives. Practice them daily.

Preparation to success is hard work of daily practice with improvement.

English teachers, workshops, and myths try to make writers slow down. We are the ONLY ART on the planet that tells young artists to not practice and do less to get better. Head-shaking in its stupidity. And new writers buy into that.

Connection and love are our truest, deepest desires, and when we feel that we are not experiencing them, our body cries out in desperation to help us, because it’s reallyour heart that’s starving, and that’s what we must learn to satisfy: our heart.

The good news is that just like pleasure can become pain with repeated use, we can also transform painful activities into pleasant ones with practice. Most of us don’t know this great truth because we are always trying to avoid the painful activities right from the very beginning. We never reach the other side of the pain that is pleasure. The pleasure that comes from enjoying activities, which were painful in the beginning, is indeed true joy.

You should put daily practices into place to aid in this maintenance, such as meditation or stillness. In meditation, you are able to go within and have the realization of what actually needs to be adjusted or shifted, such as a thought or belief. It’s important that your individual daily practice is consistent and that you are honest in this space about your findings.

Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.