Perfection Quotes - Page 38

You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.

THE BODY SHOULD be triangular, the mind circular. The triangle represents the generation of energy and is the most stable physical posture. The circle symbolizes serenity and perfection, the source of unlimited techniques. The square stands for solidity, the basis of applied control.

Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection.

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

I'll always stand by the first [Batman]. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.

I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.

The perfection of any matter, the highest or the lowest, touches on the divine.

If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.

The more perfect the approximation to truth, the more perfect is art.

We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us; sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.

There's fatigue but also a deliberate desire to want to reach absolute perfection at every concert.

No one is perfect. It's not interesting to be perfect.

He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement.

There's no soul in perfection.

When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence. You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all that. Fortunately, I have a mother who encouraged me to build my confidence from within and embrace my imperfections.

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not.

Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

A line I like to use is, "Every day is training. Every day of life is a pursuit of perfection."

Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ.

Want is a bitter and a hateful good, Because its virtues are not understood; Yet many things, impossible to thought, Have been by need to full perfection brought. The daring of the soul proceeds from thence, Sharpness of wit, and active diligence; Prudence at once, and fortitude it gives; And, if in patience taken, mends our lives.

Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.

Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection.