Perfection Quotes
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As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
Seth Godin
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Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.
Pythagoras
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'Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy.
Evgeny Morozov
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But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute.
William Shakespeare
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To do the right thing, at the right time, in the right way; to do some things better than they were ever done before; to eliminate errors; to know both sides of the question; to be courteous; to be an example; to work for the love of work; to anticipate requirements; to develop resources; to recognize no impediments; to master circumstances; to act from reason rather than rule; to be satisfied with nothing short of perfection.
Marshall Field
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In Japan, I took part in a tea ceremony. You go into a small room, tea is served, and that's it really, except that everything is done with so much ritual and ceremony that a banal daily event is transformed into a moment of communion with the universe.
Okakura Kakuzo
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We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.
George Washington
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I do not deny that medicine is a gift of God, nor do I refuse to acknowledge science in the skill of many physicians; but, take the best of them, how far are they from perfection? A sound regimen produces excellent effects. When I feel indisposed, by observing a strict diet and going to bed early, I generally manage to get round again, that is, if I can keep my mind tolerably at rest. I have no objection to the doctors acting upon certain theories, but, at the same time, they must not expect us to be the slaves of their fancies.
Martin Luther
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It is the witness still of excellency to put a strange face on his own perfection.
William Shakespeare
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No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.
William Hazlitt
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Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
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Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place.
Karen Russell
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Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Michelangelo
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It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner of man he was made to be, in the full perfection of bodily strength and beauty. But these glories are withheld from him who is guilty of self-neglect, for they are not wont to blaze forth unbidden.
Socrates
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Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery