Perfection Quotes

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I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection. — Nicolas Cage
Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we… — Julia Cameron
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. — Shana Alexander
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. — Thomas Carlyle
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. — Thomas Carlyle
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. — Thomas Carlyle
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. — Dante Alighieri
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. — William Ellery Channing
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to… — Lord Chesterfield
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. — William Ames
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. — Henri Frederic Amiel
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a… — Thomas Aquinas
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. — Thomas Aquinas
The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There will be more than enough… — Jonathan Schell
How wide are the horizons of the spinning earth! The moonlight leads the tides and the sun's light will not be confined within the net… — Hsu Yun
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our… — Samuel McChord Crothers
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. — Red Smith
One possible sign of low self-esteem is suppressing parts of yourself so you can fill someone else's expectations of what you should be. You try… — Robin Meade

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