Perfection Quotes · Page 30

Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life.

— John Ruskin

What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?

— Abbas ibn Firnas

There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.

— Henry David Thoreau

One never finds anything perfectly pure and ... exempt from danger.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

— Wislawa Szymborska

“No one can consistently get everything wrong. Such perfection does not exist.”

— John Seymour

“People keep looking for the perfect one, but perfection is an attribute of God alone.”

— Farahad Zama

It is nature that is driving us towards perfection, and eventually she will bring everyone there.

— Swami Vivekananda

... the world was beautiful, but nobody looked at it except tourists. ... a kind of perfection of existence was always close…

— Craig L. Rice

If you think you are a vile slime, that means that you aspire to something higher...It's because you have a sense of…

— Frederick Lenz

“Maintaining proper relationships with vendors is very crucial in bringing down the cost of your products and sourcing the perfect raw materials.”

— Pooja Agnihotri

The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the…

— Fulton J. Sheen

Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love.

— Thomas Merton

I remember that sometimes in my travels, it has been the lack of access, the lack of normality and the lack of…

— Liz Carr

I'm not looking for something perfect, I want something real. Something between the two of us, something we both feel.

— Anonymous

It's always necessary to seek for perfection. Obviously, for us, this word no longer has the same meaning. To me, it means:…

— Pablo Picasso

Undaunted faith can stop the mouths of lions, make ineffective the fiery flames, make dry corridors through beds of rivers and seas.…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“Leonard is far and away my least favorite relative, and I have no clue why I call him one night, collect, very…

— David Foster Wallace

Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. But it's a small link. There are lots of other issues: apartheid , vivisection,…

— River Phoenix

There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should…

— Hermann Hesse

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

'Perfect' is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it…

— Rachel Joyce

Our agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan's plan of force. With this sublime…

— James E. Faust

place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he…

— Confucius

Technical perfection is insufficient. It is an orphan without the true soul of the dancer.

— Sylvie Guillem

“Laugh and make the best of every situation. Understand that life is not perfect.”

— Bryant McGill

Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.

— Parker J. Palmer

It's not worth our while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.”

— Sharon Salzberg

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security

— Anonymous

You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting.

— Agnes Martin

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.

— David D. Burns

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

— Anonymous

We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond

— Kathie Lee Gifford

Every individual has in himself perfection. It lies within the dark recesses of his physical being.

— Swami Vivekananda

No one is perfect but those who know how to use properly their imperfections.

— Senoraroy

Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.

— Red Smith

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

— Charlie Trotter

I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try.

— Giuseppe Verdi

I feel like our generation is just so obsessed with the idea of perfection and we don't need to be.

— Connor Franta