Perfection Quotes

2101 Perfection quotes by 1319 unique authors

Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image. It was the land of the unexpected, of unbounded hope,… — Daniel J. Boorstin
All things are complete within ourselves. — Mencius
We demand of our political life greater certainty and greater perfection than we demand of our personal life. — Max Lerner
The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to… — John Cheever
It's not that perfection cannot be achieved. It's that it's so hard to stop there. — Robert Breault
As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there. — Robert Breault
Why do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity. — Samuel Johnson
Art is a shadow of Divine perfection. — Michelangelo
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. — C. Northcote Parkinson
It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism. — Jacques Barzun
Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others. — Unknown Author
To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement. — Dag Hammarskjold
The leaves did not stir on the trees, grasshoppers chirruped, and the monotonous hollow sound of the sea rising up from below, spoke of the… — Anton Chekhov
In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and… — Joseph de Maistre
Utopias rest on the fallacy that perfection is a legitimate goal of human existence. — Lewis Mumford
Nothing is invented and brought to perfection all at once. — Thomas Cole
This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring… — Adam Clarke
Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror. — Carlos Fuentes
If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection? — Wole Soyinka
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can… — Natalia Makarova
Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself. — Ronnie O'Sullivan
The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back. — Ronnie O'Sullivan
Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself… — Keri Russell

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