Perfection Quotes
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Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man.
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Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
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If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!
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Because our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ, are perfect, our dearest aspiration is to become like Them and eventually achieve the perfection that is possible and promised, even though each of us has such a long way to go.
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For the superior morality, of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were but blindness to deny that this superior morality is properly rather an inferior criminality, produced not by greater love of Virtue, but by greater perfection of Police; and of that far subtler and stronger Police, called Public Opinion.
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This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is.
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I do not believe anyone has reached such perfection, surpassing all others, except Christ, to whom God immediately revealed - without words or visions - the conditions which lead to salvation.
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then letting people loose, and for that there's no greater actor or performer than children. Animals are maybe a close runner-up.
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Perfection is the lowest standard of achievement. Doing is the highest.
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And what is death, if not a face at peace - its artistic perfection.
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There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any "Way."... A person should study as they see fit.
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Progress not perfection... you can't be perfect everything... but you can gain progress on a daily basis.
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Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man.
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He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.
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I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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Life is a moving, breathing thing. We have to be willing to constantly evolve. Perfection is constant transformation.
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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
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It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the long distance bombardment is now in the process of development; that its eventual perfection is but a matter of time; and its use in warfare is certain to occur. I refer to the rocket. The perfection of the rocket in my opinion will give to future warfare the horror unknown in previous conflicts and will make possible destruction of nations, in a cool, passionless and scientific fashion.
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A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection.
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Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.
