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It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.
The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.
If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the wholeworld will be blind and toothless.
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices.
Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations.
The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give better orders from there.
An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.
Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
In daily practice, the word brand stands as a surrogate for the word reputation. In fact, your brand acts just like a person. When you know a person's reputation, you can predict his or her behavior. You know what that person is likely to do or say-or not do or say-in any given situation. Your brand works the same way.
When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.
Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.
Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful middle way...... Could we have no agenda when we walk into a room with another person, not know what to say, not make that person wrong or right? Could we see, hear, feel other people as they really are? It is powerful to practice this way..... true communication can happen only in that open space.
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
So little time we live in Time,_x000D__x000D_And we learn all so painfully,_x000D__x000D_That we may spare this hour's term_x000D__x000D_To practice for Eternity.
Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
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