Perfection Quotes

2101 Perfection quotes by 1319 unique authors

The heads (Plural) of the Gods appointed one God for us; and when you take that view of the subject, it sets one free to… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be. — Mignon McLaughlin
It is absurd to look for perfection. — Camille Pissarro
Hitler's dictatorship was the first of an industrial estate in this age of modern technology, a dictatorship which employed to perfection the instruments of technology… — Albert Speer
I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence — Bo Ryan
Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice,… — Elihu Root
There are some troubles from which mankind can never escape .... have never claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results… — Benjamin Tucker
The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our… — Pope Gregory I
Complete and total perfection will come about only when we feel that our perfection is no perfections as long as the rest of humanity remains… — Sri Chinmoy
Nothing more can be attempted than to establish the beginning and the direction of an infinitely long road. The pretension of any systematic and definitive… — Georg Simmel
It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the… — Thomas Merton
What is 'grace'? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share… — Thomas Merton
Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love. — Thomas Merton
Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in the purity of our… — Thomas Merton
Not that you need to be a saint to have visions worth talking about. The most effective prescription, I suspect, is to be a disciplined… — Stanley Kunitz
The basis of artistic creation is not what is, but what might be; not the real, but the possible. Artists create according to the same… — Rudolf Steiner
For every one step that you take in the pursuit of higher knowledge, take three steps in the perfection of your own character — Rudolf Steiner
I want more from David Beckham. I want him to improve on perfection. — Kevin Keegan
However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches and… — Paul von Hindenburg
There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there… — Ben Fountain
Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves. — Julia Cameron
I believe that perfection handicaps cinema. — Jean Renoir
Wrath, unlike love, is not one of the intrinsic perfections of God. Rather, it is a function of God's holiness against sin. Where there is… — D. A. Carson
Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ. — John Stott
Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about. — Kevin DeYoung

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