Top 200 Practice Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Practice every time you get a chance.”

— Bill Monroe

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Quotes About Skills

2. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

3. “Mind is everything. What we think, we become.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes

4. “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Action Quotes

5. “Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Growth Quotes

6. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

7. “Give me 100 percent. You can’t make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don’t have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that’s what I want from you right now.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Performance Quotes, Effort Quotes

8. “However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on them?”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Morality Quotes, Helping Quotes

9. “For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”

— Aristotle

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Experience Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

10. “Life is available only in the present moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes

11. “I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.”

— Michael Phelps

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Competition Quotes

12. “The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes, Teacher Quotes

13. “Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Inner Peace Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes, Serenity Quotes

14. “The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.”

— Steven Pressfield

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Artist Quotes

15. “Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift, and steady.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Learning Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Dedication Quotes

16. “I think with practice, you can become whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.”

— Michael Phelps

Also featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Dream Big Quotes

17. “One word after another. That’s the only way that novels get written and, short of elves coming in the night and turning your jumbled notes into Chapter Nine, it’s the only way to do it. So keep on keeping on. Write another word and then another.”

— Neil Gaiman

Also featured in: Creativity Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes

18. “If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only if you stop writing.”

— Ray Bradbury

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Quotes About Writing, Storytelling Quotes, Quotes About Stories

19. “My life is my message.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Action Quotes, Morality Quotes, Identity Quotes

20. “Fall in love with the process, and the results will come.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Action Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

21. “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”

— Neil Gaiman

Also featured in: Creativity Quotes, Quotes About Writing, Creative Quotes, Productivity Quotes

22. “If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

23. “The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.”

— Paul Halmos

Also featured in: Study Quotes, Teaching Quotes, Math Quotes

24. “Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Quotes About Life, Positive Work Quotes

25. “The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.”

— Miguel Ruiz

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Short Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

26. “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”

— Louis L'Amour

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Quotes About Writing, Quotes About Trying

27. “Make of yourself a light.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes

28. “Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes, Serenity Quotes

29. “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

30. “Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest joy for all humankind.”

— Nichiren

Also featured in: Scripture Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Buddhist Quotes, Joy Quotes

31. “When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. This is the law of nature.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Wellness Quotes

32. “Repetition is the mother of skill.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Winning Quotes

33. “Everything is practice.”

— Pelé

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Performance Quotes, Sports Quotes, Football Quotes

34. “In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing forth deep insight and awakening. Mindfulness is the base of Buddhist practice.”

— Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Mind Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes, Buddhist Quotes

35. “Gratitude is the great multiplier, so say thank you for your health every single day.”

— Rhonda Byrne

Also featured in: Motivational Monday Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Grateful Quotes

36. “A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Morality Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes

37. “Confidence comes from being prepared.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

38. “For it is in giving that we receive.”

— Francis of Assisi

Also featured in: Short Inspirational Quotes, Helping Others Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Wise Quotes

39. “No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Mental Health Quotes

40. “I challenge you. Be obsessed with improvement!”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes

41. “Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?”

— Sathya Sai Baba

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes, Quality Quotes, Kindness Quotes

42. “Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”

— Will Smith

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Learning Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

43. “Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Be Kind Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes, Spirituality Quotes, Grateful Quotes

44. “Keep working even when no one is watching.”

— Alex Morgan

Also featured in: Work Ethic Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Habit Quotes

45. “You are free. You are powerful. You are good. You are love. You have value. You have purpose. All is well.”

— Esther Hicks

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

46. “A good process produces good results.”

— Nick Saban

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Sports Quotes

47. “The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5. Know when to break the rules.”

— Ed Seykota

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Financial Success Quotes, Performance Quotes

48. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Awakening Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Mindset Quotes

49. “It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Winning Quotes, Preparation Quotes

50. “The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Performance Quotes, Empowerment Quotes