Perfection Quotes - Page 11

• Perfection is a polished collection of errors.

  Mario Benedetti

  Errors, Collections, Polished

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• Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two, or at times, submerged in either. The challenge is never ending perfection is impossible, it could always be different, better, or worse. It's not important, just process and striving to be like the man who walks the trapeze maintaining balance.

  Dave Liebman

  Art, Men, Two

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• There will never be any more perfection than there is now.

  Walt Whitman

  Leaves Of Grass

  Walt Whitman (1855). “Leaves of Grass”, p.14

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• The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Soul, Vedas, Use

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Chicago Addresses”, p.17, Advaita Ashrama

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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.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Jesus, Father, Son

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

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• I trust in the perfection of Divine Timing and allow my life to unfold as it should.

  Cheryl Richardson

  Timing, Divine, Should

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• Part of making good decisions in business is recognizing the poor decisions you've made and why they were poor. I've made lots of mistakes. I'm going to make more. It's the name of the game. You don't want to expect perfection in yourself. You want to strive to do your best. It's too demanding to expect perfection in yourself.

  Warren Buffett

  Mistake, Poor Decisions, Games

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• Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.

  Neil Gaiman

  Moving, Writing, Let It Go

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• Perfection, in the form of a flawless stream of words delivered with cool composure, is never as persuasive as realness. An impassioned but imperfect speech, which shows you care too much to hide flaws, is far more compelling.

  Charlotte Beers

  Care, Speech, Flawless

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• True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence!

  Vince Lombardi

  Excellence, Unattainable, Ifs

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• God didn't overlook your sins, lest he endorse them.
  He didn't punish you, lest he destroy you.
  He instead found a way to punish the sin and preserve the sinner.
  Jesus took your punishment, and God gave you credit for Jesus' perfection.

  Max Lucado

  Jesus, Punishment, Credit

  Max Lucado (2014). “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine”, p.36, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-ori ented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Leader, Individuality, Quality

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• Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

  Perfect, Expecting, Release

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• Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Learning, Excellence

  Andy Hargreaves, Dennis L. Shirley (2012). “The Global Fourth Way: The Quest for Educational Excellence”, p.202, Corwin Press

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• Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious of sorrow and happiness - that is perfect virtue. One, without change - that is perfect repose. Without any obstruction - that is the perfection of the unconditioned. Holding no relations with the external world, - that is perfection of the negative state. Without blemish of any kind, - that is the perfection of purity.

  Zhuangzi

  Hate, Heart, Loss

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• No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue nor merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for some legitimate reason was unable to do actual penance. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Light, Evil, Giving

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• Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.

  Lisa Genova

  Perfect, Unattainable, Illusion

  Lisa Genova (2013). “Love Anthony”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh what remorse we shall feel at the end of our lives, when we look back upon the great number of instructions and examples afforded by God and the Saints for our perfection, and so carelessly received by us! If this end were to come to you today, how would you be pleased with the life you have led this year?

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Years, Numbers, Example

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• Humanity has emerged from its former degrees of limitation and preliminary training. Man must now become imbued with new virtues and powers, new moralities, new capacities. New bounties, bestowals and perfections are awaiting and already descending upon him.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Men, Humanity, Training

  "Foundations of World Unity". Book by Abdu'l-Bahá, reference.bahai.org. 1945.

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• Nothing written in any book is a perfect reflection of truth.(...)
  No teachings and no bibles on earth are perfect. They can never be
  so, for this is an imperfect universe. The perfection isn't here,
  it is in the worlds beyond, and this is what we are trying to reach.

  Harold Klemp

  Teaching, Book, Reflection

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• There is only one way by which I can get right with God, and that is through the death of Jesus Christ. I must get rid of the underlying idea that I can ever be right with God because of my obedience. Who of us could ever obey God to absolute perfection!

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Ideas, Way

  Oswald Chambers (2005). “My Utmost for His Highest”, Discovery House Pub

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• The apex of perfection in equestrian art is not an exhibition of a great deal of different airs and movements by the same horse, but rather the conservation of the horse's enjoyment, suppleness and finesse during the performance, which calls for comparison with the finest ballet, or performance of an orchestra, or seeing a play by Racine, so moving is the sight of perfectly unisoned movements.

  Nuno Oliveira

  Horse, Art, Moving

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• One thing, all things: move among and intermingle, without distinction. To live in this realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection. To live in this faith is the road to non-duality, because the non-dual is one with the trusting mind.

  Sengcan

  Moving, Anxiety, Mind

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• That's the beauty of art--we strive for perfection but never achieve it. The journey is everything.

  Rafe Esquith

  Art, Journey, Strive

  Rafe Esquith (2007). “Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56”, p.109, Penguin

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• Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who 'pleased God and was loved by him' and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.

  Pope John Paul II

  Young Friends, Example, Full Life

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