Perfection Quotes
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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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The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us.
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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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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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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection.
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The greatest of all heroes is One--whom we do not name here! Let sacred silence meditate that sacred matter; you will find it the ultimate perfection of a principle extant throughout man's whole history on earth.
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Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.
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Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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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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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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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
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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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We demand of our political life greater certainty and greater perfection than we demand of our personal life.
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If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!
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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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There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.
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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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I feel like every role that you take there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. I don't know if perfect is the right word because I don't believe in perfection and I don't think it exists but I think striving to do something well is in every single part.
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Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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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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We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because of the existenceof evil. The god of love, if omnipotent and omniscient, must be the god of cancer and epilepsy as well.... Whoever admits that anything living is evil must either believe that God is malignantly capable of creating evil, or else believe that God has made many mistakes in His attempts to make a perfect being.
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There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist
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Perfection is the child of time…
