Perfection Quotes

Everything you do is right, nothing you do is wrong, yet you must still make ceaseless effort.

Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.

The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.

The course is perfection and it asks perfection.

Jesus removes all that is superfluous & unclean from our prayers, & adds His perfection, beauty & fragrance to them!

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.

The world is not looking for Stepford-type Christians. People are tired of pretense. We struggle with failures; we long for intimacy. So why are we feigning perfection before God and one another.

Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.

I am not likely to die of bashfulness but neither am I prepared to be crucified to attest the perfection of my art. I dislike to hear of any stray heroics on the prowl for me.

Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.

Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.

I don't want to call myself a perfectionist because perfection is imperfection.

Of all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.

The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order.

I do believe deeply in perfection. I'm never satisfied.

What is perfection, anyway? It's the death of creativity.

See not perfection in self. Seek it not in others. One being a false perceptionThe other, an endless quest.

To love another another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...tremendous and foolish and human.

You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.

The perfection of mathematical beauty is such...that whatsoever is most beautiful and regular is also found to be most useful and excellent.

When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.

I do not believe that I am a perfectionist one bit. I truly believe that perfection is something that no one can achieve.

Every little detail to every little movement must be perfect. Perfection in movement.

There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf.

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.

The whole mass of humanity . . . marches constantly, though slowly, toward greater perfection.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

History, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters.

Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.

The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.

Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece.

The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent or despondent about our progress.

Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.

Flowers always have it - poise, completion, fulfillment, perfection . . .

Cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience, and begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your ultimate perfection.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Don't be so hard on yourself, don't put pressure on yourself, life is just a chain of experiments and results, and you'll be perfect when you're dead.

Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.

The Anarchists never have claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow authority.

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason.

Perfection is impossible. Trying to do your best is important, but loving yourself and loving others should come first.