quotations about perfection
We see but in dreams the ideal.
HENRI CAZALIS
"Always"
We want to believe there is an absolute or perfect path to our big accomplishment. But perfection is a distraction in and of itself. All that matters is momentum. All that matters is putting one foot in front of the other, millions of times.
DEANNA OLSON
"Breaking Down Fitness Goals Into Manageable Milestones", Minnesota Connected, April 20, 2016
What we should all be striving for instead of perfection is balance.
JACQUELINE STONE
"Are you feeling the pressure to live a perfect life?", News Australia, April 16, 2016
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
TERESA OF AVILA
The Interior Castle
We are not now concerned with perfection or excellence; we seek only for simple fitness and bare competency.
WALTER BAGEHOT
Literary Studies
Without doubt, matter is unlimited in extent, and, in this sense, infinite; and the forces of Nature mould it into an innumerable number of worlds. Would it be at all astonishing if, from the universal dice-box, out of an innumerable number of throws, there should be thrown out one world infinitely perfect? Nay, does not the calculus of probabilities prove to us that one such world out of an infinite number, must be produced of necessity?
WILLIAM BATCHELDER GREENE
Remarks on the Science of History
Nature attains perfection, but man never does. There is a perfect ant, a perfect bee, but man is perpetually unfinished.
ERIC HOFFER
Reflections on the Human Condition
It is found by experience, that those instruments are the most perfect, which are each of them contrived for its specific use.
ARISTOTLE
Politics
Perfection is the ultimate goal. We strive to develop a lifestyle free of flaws, a lifestyle in which very few individuals can critique and our desire for this lifestyle is only natural. Humankind is a species that continues to develop and improve for its own survival. Between biological advances, technological advances and even social advances, we challenge ourselves to be the greatest we can be and that's necessary. The attempt to achieve perfection is the motivation that enables us to excel as a society and I applaud our pursuit of perfection in that sense. Yet, the pressures to achieve perfection in our lives have forced us to fear anything that falls short.
SARAH SAAD
"Failure shouldn't define you; might bring you success", Binghamton University Pipe Dream, April 8, 2016
The perfection of her face created a sense of emptiness--like a house with no curtains in the window.
JEFF ABBOTT
Black Jack Point
The eminent person who takes no notice of his own perfection is twice eminent.
BALTASAR GRACIÁN
Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia
At all times we too are 100% perfectly imperfect. At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey. I'm not perfect for your journey and you're not perfect for my journey, but I'm perfect for my journey and you're perfect for your journey. We're heading to the same place, we're taking different routes, but we're both exactly perfect the way we are.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free