Imperfectly Quotes

75 Imperfectly quotes by 61 unique authors

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things. — Ambrose Bierce
Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly. — Plato
I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for… — Karl Philipp Moritz
As I grew up I realized, though imperfectly, that I was different from other people, and that the way of life in my home was… — John George Haigh
I get to tell my truth. I get to seek meaning and realization. I get to live fully, wildly, imperfectly. That's why I'm alive. And… — Anne Lamott
Creeds are definitions of what it means to be a Christian. They are fences that, albeit imperfectly, seek to separate sheep from goats. — R. C. Sproul, Jr.
Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which… — Jean de la Bruyere
At best, the true philosopher can fulfil his mission very imperfectly, which is to pilot himself, or at most a few voluntary companions who may… — George Santayana
Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was… — Robert Fitzgerald
But although we have noticed the ark as being the first ship, we cannot with propriety place it in the front of the history of… — R. M. Ballantyne
Nature is imperfectly perfect, filled with loose parts and possibilities, with mud and dust, nettles and sky, transcendent hands-on moments and skinned knees. — Richard Louv
Ever since my childhood, I was haunted by the search for perfection. An imperfectly cut paper literally made me ill. I would guillotine it. — Hans Arp
It is an incalculable added pleasure to any one's sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and imperfectly, how to… — Theodore Roosevelt
Love imperfectly. Be a love idiot. Let yourself forget any love ideal. — Unknown Author
The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the work, even if… — Theodore Roosevelt
None may wholly escape the good of Nature, however imperfectly exposed to her blessings. The minister will not preach a perfectly flat and sedimentary sermon… — John Muir
Our principles were revolutionary. We began as a small, weak republic. But we survived. Our example inspired others, imperfectly at times, but it inspired them… — Ronald Reagan
You don't love perfectly without first loving imperfectly. — Frederick Lenz
Whatever is placed beyond the reach of sense and knowledge, whatever is imperfectly discerned, the fancy pieces out at its leisure; and all but the… — William Hazlitt
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a… — Aldous Huxley
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. — Robert H. Schuller
Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will,… — Henry David Thoreau
What, did you think," she asked, laughing as he struggled up the bank, "that I, a Gaulish maiden, could not swim?" "I did not think… — G.A. Henty
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a… — Albert Einstein
Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly. — Elizabeth Gilbert

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