#practice

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. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#course #dead #democracy #else #everything

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. ↗

— Richard Bach

#ask #listen #practice #secret #success

My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#also #although #better #body #compete

But in practice master plans fail - because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid; they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#arise #because #cannot #changes #community

I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing. ↗

— Ted McGinley

#because #blown #blown away #came #cool

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation. ↗

— Milarepa

#delay #forever #go #meditation #practice

Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing. ↗

— Annie Smith Peck

#clothing #deal #endurance #good #good deal

Everything is practice. ↗

— Pele

#practice

The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#allow #analysis #blend #form #international

The more I practice, the luckier I get. ↗

— Gene Sarazen

#i #luckier #more #practice