Perfection Quotes
Novels are more difficult simply because they are longer and require more juggling, but short stories are closer to perfection, if you can get the language right.
A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.
We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection.
In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff.
when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !
He that seeks perfection upon earth leaves nothing new for the saints to find in heaven; for whilst men teach, there will be mistakes in divinity, and as long as no other govern, errors in the State.
The art of plucking the goose without making it cry out has been developed to a high state of perfection at the hands of the war makers.
As you become more aware of your own imperfections, you simultaneously become more aware of the overall perfection of the universe.
Before modern times there was Walking, but not the perfection of Walking, because there was no tea.
Progress is a tension between the notion of perfection and the notion that striving, not finding, is important.
We put this 15-year old girl on the cover of a fashion magazine, and tell everyone she is the epitome of sexual perfection, but we jail anyone who touches her for another three years.
The biggest thing for women to keep in mind is you can't ever let someone define beauty for you. Look in the mirror and say that this is my definition of perfection.
The individual problem is the world problem. Therefore let us return to the problem of individual perfection and the establishing of peace in the heart and in the mind of the individual.
Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it.
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 see all the beauty, holiness and perfection of the Gods.
Great accomplishment seems imperfect, Yet it does not outlive its usefulness. Great fullness seems empty, Yet it cannot be exhausted.
I was trying to fit in for so long, until about Junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.
I'm not going to change my teeth or get a nose job. That manufactured perfection does nothing for me.
As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.
For every one step that you take in the pursuit of higher knowledge, take three steps in the perfection of your own character
Just because I'd spent so many years coloring inside the lines, it wasn't fair for me to expect perfection. People make mistakes. Life isn't fair. People change.
Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.
In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy. In always wanting perfection, you become angry. In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy.
Perfection does not exist. It's more important to be happy with the human being you are.
Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love.
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. Though this be not the grace of nature, it is the nature of grace.
If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do.
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.
Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.
Life is a way of perfection. You need to work on yourself. You become a good person. If you do your work you will discover sublime feelings.
Progress not perfection... you can't be perfect everything... but you can gain progress on a daily basis.