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Perfection Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Marriage is the perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought.
- Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.
- Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable. We must trust the perfection of the creation so far, as to believe that whatever…
- The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is…
- An action is the perfection and publication of thought.
- Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.
- Art is the need to create; but in its essence, immense and universal, it is impatient of working with lame or tied hands, and of…
- Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of…
More Perfection Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. — Margaret Atwood
- Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. — Kevyn Aucoin
- This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. — Saint Augustine
- Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection. — Richard Bach
- I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there. — Tyra Banks
- It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become… — Joseph Addison
- Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. — Henry Ward Beecher
- I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order… — Henry Ward Beecher
- The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. — Jeremy Bentham