Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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DALE CARNEGIE You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
MARCUS AURELIUS I'll tell you one thing for sure: once you get to the point where you're actually doing thin...
GEORGE HARRISON There is something that you can do, for a greater good, for a greater cause, one that is far bigger ...
KEVIN ABDULRAHMAN But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.
JON KRAKAUER Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.
GRETCHEN CARLSON Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile; stop let...
MARCUS AURELIUS Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.
EPICTETUS The fact is we said we'd proceed on commissions. Hicks is up. And we're going to proceed. And if we'...
LAWRENCE DI RITA Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proport...
PLATO Go practice if you please with men and women: leave a child alone for Christ's particular love's sak...
ROBERT BROWNING Practice being kinder to yourself. Practice celebrating your accomplishments. Practice complimenting...
AKIROQ BROST While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would tak...
LOMBARD PHILIP LOMBARD If we're asked not to proceed, or ordered not to proceed, then we won't. That's the plan.
LAWRENCE DIRITA We just have to continue to do the little things in practice. The repetition keeps us sharp.
MARIO CAMPS Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a g...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there.
HALEY JOEL OSMENT A lot of us receive God’s grace and then proceed to wait for miracles and such. In so doing, we wa...
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AKIROQ BROST No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most sa...
DENIS WAITLEY If we have a safety issue for our kids, then I think we have to proceed.
JEFF BENSON Do yourself a favor instead of waking up and telling yourself that it's another boring day at work o...
ELIZABETH ANN GREY The best and safest method of philosophizing seems to be first to inquire diligently into the proper...
ISAAC NEWTON God has greater things in stock for us, but unless our great things are given away, we can't receive...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The Greek philosopher Epictetus recognised this two thousand years ago when he wrote: ‘What distur...
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FRANK SHEED The Magician should devise for himself a definite technique for destroying "evil." The essence of su...
ALEISTER CROWLEY Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.
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DON CONGDON For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our fr...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater ...
MAX EHRMANN Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all h...
BIBLE The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentrat...
BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient dut...
MARK TWAIN Sheep sheep are adorable.
Human sheep, not so much.
Think for yourself, for flock’s sake...
SCOTT STABILE If you indebt yourself for the sake of someone and expect,in return, that someone be indebted to you...
LORIANN ZEMANOVICH Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you pro...
ROBERT COLLIER Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you pro...
GEORGE CLEMENCEAU If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little ...
DAVID WALTON I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.
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LORRIN L. LEE A poor soul burdened with a corpse,' Epictetus calls you.
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MOTHER THERESA We're getting out for the kids' sake. We've all got to have a little fun for one day.
HELEN SMITH Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake.
BIBLE If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greate...
MAX EHRMAN Sometimes the little things are what means more to me
DEICY ZULEICA GONZALEZ Jefferson was against any needless official apparel, but if the gown was to carry, he said: For Heav...
THOMAS JEFFERSON If eyes are windows to the soul, then tears are heavens rain.
ANTHONY LICCIONE If the power goes out, you've got to get little things for them, ... And then, of course, you always...
JANET DAVIS At the end of the day, your relationships with the people in your life will be greater assets than a...
VIRONIKA TUGALEVA If you want others to be happy practice compassion; and if you want yourself to be happy practice co...
DALAI LAMA XIV Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's
sake and thine often infirmities.
BIBLE In the railroads, some people read clearly printed departure signs and then proceed to ask several t...
LUCINDA FRANKS War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quar...
CHARLES MACKAY It was just a bunch of things. We'll work in practice on some things and get ready for Wednesday.
DEVAN DUBNYK Then I told him, ‘Injustice, Poverty and Discrimination is faced by a lot of Indians, and also maj...
SHAIKH ASHRAF When you do learn these things, when you understand what inclusion is, then we can accomplish greate...
ALDIS HODGE If I can delay that [pain] for a moment and bring a little joy. . . and help them to see things a li...
BOBBY MCFERRIN A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed suffic...
JOHN FOXE That's what Kyle does. He does the little things. You know the hustle plays, and getting offensive r...
MARK WALTERS You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you fina...
CHARLIE PARKER It was the week of the sectional, so we were fired up all week to practice hard and fix all the litt...
ANDREW HOWE I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's...
MARK HOPPUS Believing in yourself is a greater power than relying on others to believe in you.
KISHAN S CHAUHAN It was nice during the break in the day just to go home and maybe sit on your couch and watch TV - j...
DANE LOOKER Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, an...
AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and ...
AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN She wakes up sometimes in the middle of the night screaming. ... I'm a biker, for Christ's sake, and...
DAVE HANSEN The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
RAINER MARIA RILKE The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things
RAINER MARIA RILKE Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We...
EDMUND PHELPS Never surround yourself with people who are envious of your ambitions. Decide to be at the right pla...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Everyone deserves a sad day once in a while,” Calista told me. “Sometimes things are too big for...
LISA GRAFF For the sake of your dreams, don't create negative brands for yourself, else you scare away opportun...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Question everything. Not for the sake of questioning but to find yourself, to know yourself. Who are...
AKIROQ BROST Practice yourself what you preach.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
PATTI SMITH Hold onto one thought: You're not important. You're not anything. Some day the load we're carrying w...
RAY BRADBURY We played these tunes so many times there's little need to practice, except for the musician's own p...
DAVID JENKINS It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all t...
DIDO ARMSTRONG Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important el...
GRETCHEN RUBIN He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth, and He directed Himself to the heaven, so He ...
QURAN To cultivate bravery and courage, practice, practice, practice. Each time you test your bravery you ...
SUSAN C. YOUNG "The robber of your free will," writes Epictetus, "does not exist
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DANIEL SNYDER You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you ...
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INDIAN PROVERB The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty wi...
PROVERB The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty wi...
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