It is not that love sometimes makes mistakes, but that it is, essentially, a mistake. We fall in love when our imagination… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
She saw every personal religion as a pair of intersecting circles. . . . Probably perfection is reached when the area of… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
It is not humility to insist on being someone that you are not. It is as much as saying that you know… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
We all start out thinking that there is such a thing as perfection and that there's something wrong with us if we… — James Howe Copy Share Image
It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain… — Robert South Copy Share Image
If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
All of us sport an invisible sign around our necks -- “AS IS.” It means, take me as I am. I may… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
My desire is to strive toward perfection; to be as much in harmony with God's will as possible; to live up to… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
It is the profoundest of cosmic ironies. The divine power, our true spiritual essence, does not achieve perfection until it hits the… — Lon Milo DuQuette Copy Share Image
Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding;… — Ed Bliss Copy Share Image
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging,… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“I like her," Brad said, chuckling. "For a Red Sox tee shirt wearing woman I guess she's okay," Jason grumbled. "Does no… — R.L. Mathewson Copy Share Image
Beyond Words is an exceptionally useful and inspiring digest of Dzogchen (Great Perfection) teachings and the teachers associated with them. The ancient… — Tsultrim Allione Copy Share Image
Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all… — Plotinus Copy Share Image
Perfectionism can definitely go both ways, that's for sure. Pursuing excellence is usually a pretty positive notion, and it's important to continue… — Iga Swiatek Copy Share Image
It is a union with a Higher Good by love, that alone is endless perfection. The only sufficient object for man must… — Robert B. Leighton Copy Share Image
As Paradise (though of God's own Planting) was no longer Paradise than the Man was put into it, to dress it and… — John Evelyn Copy Share Image
It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
Be avid. Create apart from perfection. Risk failure. Cover your words with sweat. Run a little Touch excruciatingly. Laugh until you cry.… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Fledgeby deserved Mr. Alfred Lammle's eulogium. He was the meanest cur existing, with a single pair of legs. And instinct (a word… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I'm just a girl whose hair is never right who more then once has fallen on her face who can't stop laughing… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
So I made up my mind I was going to find someone who would love me unconditionally three hundred and sixty-five days… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two, or at times, submerged in either. The challenge… — Dave Liebman Copy Share Image
The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others,… — Carlos Gracie, Jr Copy Share Image
It is about a period in aviation which is now gone, but which was probably more interesting than any the future will… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
It is clearly not the journey for everyone. People succeed in as many ways as there are people. Some can be completely… — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
If you had a robot out here calculating all the variables, I think you could potentially get really close to perfection, but… — Bryson DeChambeau Copy Share Image
I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin to falter… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Infinite is Imperfection, because never totally achieved. If Infinite was perfection, it will have a Point A and a point Z. And… — Flame The Thinker Copy Share Image
“I really am crazy about you. Every second I spend with you is better than the one before, but I honestly don't… — Isabelle Rae Copy Share Image
I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and… — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
“...the argument for the perfectibility of humankind rests on a logical fallacy. Thus: man is by definition imperfect, say those who would… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The Earth school is not a concept. It is an an ongoing 3-dimesional, full colour, hi-fidelity, interactive multi-media experience that does not… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“I don't know where this pressure came from. I can't blame my parents because it has always felt internal. Like any other… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from… — Saadi Copy Share Image
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