“It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible to achieve artistic greatness, but doesn't guarantee it. The great piano artists are not the ones who are best playing Clementi exercises.” ArtArtistEnergyPracticeAchieveGreatnessDisciplineExerciseCapableArt IsTechniqueArtisticDamnPianoGuarantees Author:Dirk Benedict
“Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.” MenPracticeGreatnessMoralityGoodnessUtilityWisestWisest Man Author:John Tillotson
“No system can long command the loyalties of men and women which does not expect of them certain measures of discipline, and particularly self-discipline. The cost in comfort may be great. The sacrifice may be real. But this very demanding reality is the substance of which comes character and strength and nobility. Permissiveness never produced greatness. Integrity, loyalty, and strength are virtues whose sinews are developed through the struggles that go on within as we practice self-discipline under the demands of divinely spoken truth.” MenMayLongDoeRealSelfCharacterRealityCertainPracticeStruggleVirtueSacrificeGreatnessGoes OnDisciplineIntegrityComfortCostDemandMen And WomenLoyaltyCommandSubstanceBeing RealSelf DisciplineNobility Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“Challenge is the opportunity for greatness. People do their best when there is an opportunity to change how things currently stand. Maintaining the status quo facilitates mediocrity. Those who embrace this practice do not wish to rest on their laurels. They motivate others to exceed their limits and look for innovative ways to improve the organization.” PeopleWayLooksOpportunityWishChallengesLeadershipPracticeGreatnessLimitsOrganizationEmbraceMediocrityStatus QuoMaintainingInnovativeExceedFacilitateLaurelsOpportunity To ChangeMaintaining The Status Quo Author:James M. Kouzes
“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?” IfsPleasurePracticeStudyGreatnessRemainsSageAnnoyed Author:Confucius
“Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.” PeopleInspirationalImportantOpportunityEmotionPracticeStyleGreatnessCommunicationSkillsAdvantageAriseClarityOccasionsCommunication SkillsSuccessful LifeTaking AdvantageSharpnessClarity Of ThoughtSkills DevelopmentGreat CommunicationCommunicating With Others Author:Jim Rohn
“Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.” MenLoveFirstsEndsSelfUniverseStepsPracticeHonestyGreatnessIntegrityCostPraiseDenialGloriousOppositionFirst StepsLiableHomageSelf-denialHigh PlacesTrue GreatnessMan Of Integrity Author:Charles Simmons
“Moms are as relenless as the tides. They don`t just drive as to practice, they drive us to greatness” MotherPracticeGreatnessSonMomTidesMother And Son Author:Steve Rushin
“To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (Only the legendary Bobby Fisher got to that elite level in less than that amount of time: it took him nine years.) And what's ten years? Well, it's roughly how long it takes to put in ten thousand hours of hard practice. Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness.” YearsWellsLongHardSeemsHoursLevelsNumbersPracticeMagicGreatnessAmountThousandTenChessNineElitesLegendaryNine Years Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“He who practices sheel (virtue) and sayyam (self-restrain) attains to greatness” SelfPracticeVirtueGreatness Author:Shri Radhe Maa