Excellence Quote by Idries Shah Download Open image ““Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it.”” — Idries Shah ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excellence Illusion Imagination Language Perfection Real knowledge
“Perfection is something everyone strives for, but it’s elusive and may be an illusion.” — R.L. Griffin Copy Share Image
“Perfection is an everlasting goal to pursue. It reminds us that we are mortal beings capable of making mistakes. When we correct them, it… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
“we’ve become convinced that if we say even a word out of place we’ve marked them forever, but of course that is ridiculous, and… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing.” — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
“Perfection is an illusion we create to convince the soul to trust.” — Corinne Michaels Copy Share Image
“I see perfection in things that are likely considered imperfections by others.” — Jessica Park Copy Share Image
“Perfection is real. It occurs when you find that other part of you, that other person, that when combined you become one, perfect being.” — Shannan Jacoby Copy Share Image
“Perfection is the lowest standard out there because it is unattainable. Be the best you can but don’t try to be someone you were… — Mensah Oteh Copy Share Image
“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
“Anytime I see a rainbow, what comes into my mind is how skillful and talented someone was to create an ark that didn't leak… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image