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  • I can see in the acorn the oak tree. I see the growth, the rebuilding, the restoring. I see that is the American psyche. There is so much we can draw understanding from. One of the lessons is the development of courage. Because without courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues consistently.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Courage Quotes , Practice Quotes
  • We ought to be cautious in taking even the best ascertained opinions and practices of the primitive Church for our own. If it could be satisfactorily shown that they esteemed it authorized and transmitted forever, that does not settle the question for us. We know how inveterately they were attached to their Jewish prejudices, and how often even the influence of Christ failed to enlarge their views. On every other subject succeeding times have learned to form a judgement more in accordance with the spirit of Christianity than was the practice of the early ages.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Views Quotes , Practice Quotes
  • It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and generally speaking, I succeed. But I only control my anger when it comes. How I find it possible to control it would be a useless question, for it is a habit that everyone must cultivate and must succeed in forming by constant practice.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Spiritual Quotes , Practice Quotes
  • This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but in a little while I conquered my weakness and felt a pleasure I never knew before - that of doing as I willed.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Nikola Tesla Quotes , Self Quotes , Practice Quotes
  • Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Practice Quotes , Effort Quotes
  • I don't think I underestimated [Vladimir Putin], but I think that I underestimated the degree to which, in this new information age, it is possible for misinformation for cyber hacking and so forth to have an impact on our open societies, our open systems, to insinuate themselves into our democratic practices in ways that I think are accelerating.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Practice Quotes