--- title: "8 God Perfection Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 God Perfection quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best God Perfection sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/sue-monk-kidd-404_nature_why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on_60670.png" --- > [“Why should God’s perfection be based on having an unchanging nature?” I asked. “Isn’t flexibility more perfect than stasis?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on-having-an-unchanging-nature-i/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/sue-monk-kidd-404_nature_why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on_60670.png) > [“He claimed that no act or thought that did not have love as its purpose was of God. Love was the secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-puttonen/he-claimed-that-no-act-or-thought-that-did-not-have-love-as-its/) [Michael Puttonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-puttonen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/michael-puttonen-64344_god_he-claimed-that-no-act-or-thought-that-d_562573.jpg) > [Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/our-happiness-consists-in-sharing-the-happiness-of-god-the-perfection/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/thomas-merton-231_faith_our-happiness-consists-in-sharing-the-ha_1251930.jpg) > [For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/for-those-who-feel-it-nothing-makes-the-soul-so-religious-and-pure-as/) [Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/michelangelo-2976_christianity_for-those-who-feel-it-nothing-makes-the_1273457.jpg) > [The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-mind-the-soul-becomes-ennobled-by-the-endeavour-to-create/) [Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/michelangelo-2976_endeavour_the-mind-the-soul-becomes-ennobled-by-th_1279784.jpg) > [Isn't it a blessing to know that in your time of distressing , hurt, downfall, and in your time of being judged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/telisa-mclaughlin/isn-t-it-a-blessing-to-know-that-in-your-time-of-distressing-hurt/) [Telisa McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/telisa-mclaughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/telisa-mclaughlin-14494_assurance_isn-t-it-a-blessing-to-know-that-in-your_1635325.jpg) > [“Politics is action and all action is but a flaw in the perfection of inaction, which is peace, just as all being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/politics-is-action-and-all-action-is-but-a-flaw-in-the-perfection-of/) [Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/robert-penn-warren-2118_action_politics-is-action-and-all-action-is-but_1646317.jpg) > [God's will may not be the perfection of the true believer's life, but it is the direction of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/god-s-will-may-not-be-the-perfection-of-the-true-believer-s-life-but/) [John Macarthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/john-macarthur-1117_life_god-s-will-may-not-be-the-perfection-of_1835642.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-perfection/#itemlist", "name": "God Perfection Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why should God’s perfection be based on having an unchanging nature?” I asked. “Isn’t flexibility more perfect than stasis?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on-having-an-unchanging-nature-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/sue-monk-kidd-404_nature_why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on_60670.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/sue-monk-kidd-404_nature_why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on_60670.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/sue-monk-kidd-404_nature_why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on_60670.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why should God’s perfection be based on having an unchanging nature?” I asked. “Isn’t flexibility more…” — Sue Monk Kidd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He claimed that no act or thought that did not have love as its purpose was of God. 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Which is God. For if God is perfection and the only perfection is in nonbeing, then God is nonbeing. Then God is nothing. Nothing can give no basis for the criticism of Thing in its thingness. Then where do you get anything to say? Then where do you get off?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Penn Warren" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/politics-is-action-and-all-action-is-but-a-flaw-in-the-perfection-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/robert-penn-warren-2118_action_politics-is-action-and-all-action-is-but_1646317.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/robert-penn-warren-2118_action_politics-is-action-and-all-action-is-but_1646317.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/robert-penn-warren-2118_action_politics-is-action-and-all-action-is-but_1646317.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Politics is action and all action is but a flaw in the perfection of inaction, which is peace, just as all…” — Robert Penn Warren", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God's will may not be the perfection of the true believer's life, but it is the direction of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Macarthur" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/god-s-will-may-not-be-the-perfection-of-the-true-believer-s-life-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/john-macarthur-1117_life_god-s-will-may-not-be-the-perfection-of_1835642.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/john-macarthur-1117_life_god-s-will-may-not-be-the-perfection-of_1835642.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/john-macarthur-1117_life_god-s-will-may-not-be-the-perfection-of_1835642.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God's will may not be the perfection of the true believer's life, but it is the direction of it.” — John Macarthur", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-perfection/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-perfection/", "name": "God Perfection Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-perfection/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/sue-monk-kidd-404_nature_why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on_60670.png" }, "description": "Browse 8 God Perfection quotes by 7 authors. 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