Perfection Quotes

2101 Perfection quotes by 1319 unique authors

To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive of virtue; but… — Philip Sidney
God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man,… — Francis Bacon
Apology is mankind's nearest course to perfection. — Wes Fesler
I fight for perfection — Mike Tyson
To do evil for good is human corruption; to do good for good is civil retribution; but to do good for evil is Christian perfection.… — Thomas Secker
All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten,… — William Shakespeare
As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I am, how impotent… — Celia Thaxter
What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin to falter at around forty,… — John Updike
This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. — Andre Agassi
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything. — Teresa of Avila
Not perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfecting, maturing, refining is the aim of living. — John Dewey
The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. The river's voice was… — Hermann Hesse
The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it… — George Santayana
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Marriage is the perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such… — Charles Caleb Colton
We fall in love when our imagination projects nonexistent perfection upon another person. One day, the fantasy evaporates and with it, love dies. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The perfection of rottenness. — William James
Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust, and it must traverse all… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡

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