Perfection Quotes
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There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.
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The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.
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The world, Govinda my friend, is not imperfect, not to be seen as on a slow path toward perfection: No, it is perfect in every moment, all transgression already bears grace within itself, all little children already have the aged in themselves, all the sucklings death, all the dying eternal life.
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In the supremacy of self-control consists one of the perfections of the ideal man.
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Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
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Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.
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When I was young, I thought confidence could be earned w/ perfection. Now I know that you don't earn it; you claim it.
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To do God's will as fast as it is made known to us, to inquire hourly -- I had almost said each moment -- what He requires of us, and to leave ourselves, our friends, and every interest at His control, with a cheerful trust that the path which He marks out leads to our perfection and to Himself, -- this is at once our duty and happiness; and why will we not walk in the plain, simple way?.
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Impatience has a poor track record for perfection. Getting things right usually includes calming down!
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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.
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Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover.
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I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence.
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All perfect things are saddening in effect. The autumn wood robed in its scarlet clothes, The matchless tinting on the royal rose Whose velvet leaf by no least flaw is flecked. Love's supreme moment, when the soul unchecked Soars high as heaven, and its best rapture knows, These hold a deeper pathos than our woes, Since they leave nothing better to expect.
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We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.
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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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The idea which...shuts out the Second Coming from our minds, the idea of the world slowly ripening to perfection, is a myth, not a generalization from experience.
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Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically.
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What man really seeks is not perfection which is in the future, but fulfillment which is ever in the present.
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Perfection can be a fetish.
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True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. True fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present. True straightness seems crooked. True wisdom seems foolish. True art seems artless. The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come. She steps out of the way and lets the Tao speak for itself.
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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
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One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.
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He is the way, the truth, and the light, and no one can come back into the presence of our Father in heaven except through him. Christ is God the Son and possesses every virtue in its perfection. Therefore, the only measure of true greatness is how close a man can become like Jesus. That man is greatest who is most like Christ, and those who love him most will be most like him.
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The ideal is to be obtained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species.
