Practice Quotes. C.N. Douglas, comp. 1917. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical

C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Practice


Practice makes perfect. Franklin.	1
His nice fence and his active practice. Shakespeare.	2
Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice. H. W. Shaw.	3
Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice. Hosea Ballou.	4
Ah! if the pulpit would practice what it preaches, then all would be well. Horace Greeley.	5
I am little inclined to practise on others, and as little that they should practise on me. Sir W. Temple.	6
He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer. Sir P. Sidney.	7
Things confirmed by long practice and usage have all the force of law. Hooker.	8
In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practised to love their neighbor. Landor.	9
There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory. Sir W. Hamilton.	10
There are two functions of the soul,—contemplation and practice,—according to the general division of objects; some of which only entertain our speculations, other employ our actions. South.	11