Perfection Quotes - Page 48

The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many thing by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!

So, from generation to generation, the spiritual church is rising upwards toward its perfection; and, though one after another the workmen pass away, the fabric remains, and the great Master-builder carries on the undertaking. Be it ours to build in our portion in a solid and substantial manner, so that they who come after us may be at once thankful for our thoroughness, and inspired by our example.

Soul Gathers Force It is possible, when the future is dim, when our depressed faculties can form no bright ideas of the perfection and happiness of a better world,-it is possible still to cling to the conviction of God's merciful purpose towards His creatures, of His parental goodness even in suffering, still to feel that the path of duty, though trodden with a heavy heart, leads to peace.

I'm not the perfectionist anymore. It's my staff. They're the ones always insisting on doing something better and better.

One of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well

Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love.

Perfection does not exist. It's more important to be happy with the human being you are.

All perfection is there already in the soul. But this perfection has been covered up by nature; layer after layer of nature is covering this purity of the soul.

I send a silent thank-you to Dalton for suggesting I wash off the makeup. How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting that painted Capitol mask to these people. The damage, the fatigue, the imperfections. That's how they recognize me, why I belong to them.

All beauty must have its imperfections, all happiness its share of sorrow.

I am for everything starting into full-blown perfection at once.

For me, anything can be music! I can get huge enjoyment and be moved totally by the purity and perfection of some Renaissance polyphony, but equally I can feel emotion in the expectant hum of a big old guitar amp just before the strings are hit.

How did people do this - swallow all their fears and trust someone else so implicitly with every imperfection and fear they had.

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.

How will you get God's grace? When you discipline yourself. How will you know how to discipline? By observing others that had walked the path successfully to the goal of perfection. Who are these men who had walked to the goal? It is these that are known as Gurus. So you need their help, their personal example, their encouragement and their grace. Thus, we have come round to the answer that a Guru is necessary as well as his grace. Everything is necessary-\-\ Atma Kripa, Guru Kripa and Isvara Kripa.

Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.

I'm not going to change my teeth or get a nose job. That manufactured perfection does nothing for me.

I am not very good at reflecting. I am a complete perfectionist and always thinking to the next thing!

True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.

Don't be bothered by perfection. Replace the word 'Perfection' by 'Totality. Totality will give you a different dimension.

Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere.

Substance should outweigh perfection.

I'm a pretty chaotic person, but I'm also a perfectionist. It's a very unfortunate mix.