practice makes perfect
Drill yields mastery
Practice makes perfect is a proverb meaning that repeating an activity leads to improvement and eventually mastery.
The saying encourages persistence through early failures: I know the piano piece sounds rough now, but practice makes perfect.
Sometimes used ironically when someone repeats a mistake.
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- hard workSustained strenuous effort
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
expertise · learning curve · trial-and-error · muscle memory · second nature · drills · going through the motions · perseverance · repetition · exercises · learning by doing · trial and error · consistency · feedback · step by step · grit · never give up · refinement
- conventional wisdomearly bird, apple a day, opposites attract, nice guys finish last, patience
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- practice phrasestry again, once more, repeat after me, say it again, one more time
- Sports Sayingsno pain no gain, leave it all on the field, go for gold, never give up, play to win
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practice makes perfectnatural talent
innate ability · born with it · gifted · prodigy · raw talent
practice makes perfectdiminishing returns
Reduced benefit from additional effort
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