William Law Quotes
If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.
Quotes to Explore
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
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Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection.
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Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.
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I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.
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English churchmen have long gazed with love on the primitive church as the ideal of Christian perfection, the Eden wherein the first fathers of their faith walked blameless before God and passionless towards each other.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
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I have no doubt concerning that Supreme Goodness, who is so eager to share His blessings, or of that everlasting love which makes Him more eager to bestow perfection on us than we are to receive it.
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Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.
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Live as if it were impossible to fail.
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When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.
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No two leaves were alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.
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It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
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If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.
