One has to seek Beauty and Truth, Sir! As I always say to my pupils, you have to work to the finish.… — William-Adolphe Bouguereau Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
'Now we are the sons of God'. This is the starting point of adoption. However, 'it does not yet appear what we… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect. My gift, or fatal flaw, is for nostalgia. I have… — Tana French Copy Share Image
You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for nothing but money. We are nothing… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The Ancients, having taken into consideration the rigorous construction of the human body, elaborated all their works, as especially their holy temples,… — Luca Pacioli Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism. My perfectionism arose as an attempt to gain safety and support in my dangerous family. Perfection is a self-persecutory myth. I… — Pete Walker Copy Share Image
The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
With a few exceptions, Fellini's films have failure and despair running through them: Life continues, but I can't imagine 'Felliniesque' as an… — Damian Pettigrew Copy Share Image
I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
A perfect life can't be found in wealth , because riches can be taken away. Not in popularity for popular people can… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
“Remember this. Hold on to this. This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only… — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
I understand reform to mean the perfection of what previous generations have already done. I'm not an advocate of destroying, 'kroshat,' and… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
“(Athena)"You must have an opinion, then, of who shares with you the distinction of being 'nearly flawless.'" "There are many," he replied,… — Sarah M. Eden Copy Share Image
What is 'grace'? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Because God is not only infinitely greater and more excellent than all other being, but he is the head of the universal… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do… — Gelsey Kirkland Copy Share Image
Atheism ... that bugbear of women and fools ... is the very top and perfection of free-thinking. It is the grand arcanum… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Quantum wellness isn’t about deprivation and it’s not about perfection. It is about pointing yourself in the direction of growth, training yourself… — Kathy Freston Copy Share Image
The law no passion can disturb. 'Tis void of desire and fear, lust and anger. 'Tis mens sine affectu, written reason, retaining… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If we cannot claim to live sinless lives, then the only thing that can keep us from despairing before a holy God… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The leaves had fallen from the trees and lay crisp and crackling beneath his feet. Picking one up he marveled, not for… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“I am not perfect, but if I looked perfect to everyone I must have been rocking imperfect perfectly to a few imperfect… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Olive Ann describes Sanna as 'a perfectionist and a worrier.' She is obsessed with the idea of finding happiness, and for her,… — Olive Ann Burns Copy Share Image
For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
There cannot be two almighty beings in this world. [Imagine having] two or three Gods; one will create the world, another says,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
“Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are ... They have no harsh edges with… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the least. The… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Humanity has emerged from its former degrees of limitation and preliminary training. Man must now become imbued with new virtues and powers,… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Philosophers have very justly remarked that the only solid instruction is that which the pupil brings from his own depths; that the… — Joseph Marie, baron de Gerando Copy Share Image
I've tried to figure out ways to be less pleased other than the search for perfection. Talk about a thing that'll make… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
Man doth seek a triple perfection: first a sensual, consisting in those things which very life itself requireth either as necessary supplements,… — Richard Hooker Copy Share Image
Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Perfection consists in one thing alone, which is doing the will of God. For, according to Our Lord's words, it suffices for… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
“With a novel, which takes perhaps years to write, the author is not the same man he was at the end of… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
![“I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't too good-looking, I walked a little funny, and I was basically kind of average and ordinary. I guess my lack of perfection turned out to be a winning hand. Let that be a…” quote by Dick Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e8c/dick-van-dyke-2430_accounts_i-have-also-heard-and-read-various-accou_474551.jpg)
![“There cannot be two almighty beings in this world. [Imagine having] two or three Gods; one will create the world, another says, "I will destroy the world." It [can] never happen. There must be one God. The soul attains to perfection; [it becomes] almost omnipotent [and] omniscient. This is the…” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ea8/swami-vivekananda-53_almighty_there-cannot-be-two-almighty-beings-in-t_1012645.jpg)
