Perfection Quotes - Page 21

Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.

Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.

And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art.

The human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be.

Because God is not only infinitely greater and more excellent than all other being, but he is the head of the universal system of existence; the foundation and fountain of all being and all beauty; from whom all is perfectly derived, and on whom all is most absolutely and perfectly dependent; of whom, and through whom, and to whom is all being and all perfection; and whose being and beauty are, as it were, the sum and comprehension of all existence and excellence: much more than the sun is the fountain and summary comprehension of all the light and brightness of the day.

All things change. Cultivate flexibility rather than perfection.

The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance.

Agony is truth its our connection to the living I accept it as perfection and keep on existing in the now

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections.

As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.

Reality and perfection are synonymous.

Healing is awakening to the perfection that already is ours.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

No confession brings perfection.

Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place.

Imagine for a moment that each one of us takes only a little more care for each hour of his days, that he demands in it a little more of elegance and intensity; then, multiplying all these minute pressures toward the perfecting and deepening of each life by all the others, calculate for yourselves the gigantic enrichment, the fabulous ennobling which this process would create for human society.

The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.

It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.

I believe that perfection handicaps cinema.

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.