Imperfect Quotes

626 Imperfect quotes by 472 unique authors

Give me the comma of imperfect striving, thus to find zest in the immediate living. Ever the reaching but never the gaining, ever the climbing… — Winston Graham
In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they… — Ezra Stiles
Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom? Need we teach… — Robert Breault
[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it. — Vincent de Paul
Perhaps we are wiser, less foolish and more far-seeing than we were two hundred years ago. But we are still imperfect in all these things,… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life. — Anais Nin
If you place the imperfect next to the perfect, people will see the difference between the one and the other. But if you offer the… — Alfred Stieglitz
Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are. — Chuck Hagel
My hand will always be imperfect because it's human… I think that's where the beauty is. — Margaret Kilgallen
I like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect. — David S. Goyer
Sometimes we give too much too soon. Sometimes we hold back for too long. This is our beautiful dance. Our imperfect dance. This is the… — Simon Sinek
Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect.… — Gelsey Kirkland
Men shouldn’t try too hard, or think about what they wear too much. I like when there’s something about a look that throws it off… — Thom Browne
More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute. — Hubert H. Humphrey
Adam wasn't lonely because he was imperfect but because he was perfect. The ache for friends is not the result of sin. — Timothy Keller
Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate. — Robert Breault
To treat an imperfect brother (or sister) impatiently is to advertise our own imperfections. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Why are all Christians happy and praising Jesus? It's because we are not DEAD! We may be imperfect, but we aren't DEAD! — Louie Giglio
Behind my non-cooperation there is always the keenest desire to cooperate on the slightest pretext even with the worst of opponents. To me, a very… — Mahatma Gandhi
He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who… — Frances Wright
The blacks of this region are a cheerful, careless, dirty, race, not hard worked, and in many respects indulgently treated. It is of course the… — William C. Bryant
Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. — Oscar Wilde
Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in… — Alexander Graham Bell
It is possible to reclaim your future, to build a happy life despite an imperfect past. We can order the universe to our will and… — Katherine Marsh

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