Perfection Quotes - Page 9

• A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.

  Haruki Murakami

  Imperfect, Limitless, Type

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Dec 20, 2010

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• A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Effort, Moments, Fight Club Book

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.33, Random House

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• I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.

  Dennis Quaid

  Inspirational, Excellence, Important

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• It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.

  John Ruskin

  Art, Saying Nothing

  John Ruskin (1862). “pt. I. Of genral principles. pt. II. Of truth. v. 4. pt. v. Of mountain beauty”, p.352

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• To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

  Walter Scott

  Nature, Ambition, Honor

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• Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

  Walter Scott

  Judging, Reason, Guides

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• I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

  Emma Watson

  Excellence, Perfectionist

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• I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

  Serena Williams

  Motivational Sports, Tennis, Excellence

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• As you all know, I'm kind of a perfectionist.

  Tiger Woods

  Excellence, Kind, Knows

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• Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Excellence, Mediocrity, Something Better

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• Style is the perfection of a point of view.

  Richard Eberhart

  Fashion, Views, Clothes

  Richard Eberhart (1965). “Selected poems, 1930-1965”

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• If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folks as the inefficient creatures which they are, you are frequently surprised by having them perform better than you had hoped.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Disappointment, People

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• There is no worse sickness for the soul, o you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection.

  Rumi

  Soul, Proud, Sickness

  "Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance". Book by Rumi, translated by Camille Adams Helminsk and Kabir Helminski, 1990.

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• There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions.

  Pen Densham

  Men, Perfect, World

  Simon R. Green, Pen Densham (1991). “Kevin Costner is Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves: a novel”, Berkley

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• It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Fear, Shields

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.380, University of Chicago Press

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• A man can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.

  Ralph Barton Perry

  Science, Men, Missing

  Ralph Barton Perry (1964). “Puritanism and Democracy”

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• You would attain to the divine perfection.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Divine

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Complete Poems of Longfellow”, Library of Alexandria

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• PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Excellence, Quality, Elements

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.161, 谷月社

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• The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is to it.

  Geert Groote

  Humility, Men, Fame

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• The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes.

  Haridas Chaudhuri

  Creativity, Awareness, Emphasis

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• Perfection is not a destination; it's a never-ending process...Enjoy!

  Jim Bouchard

  Inspirational, Excellence, Process

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• Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

  Thomas de Quincey

  Perfect, May, States

  Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields (1851). “De Quincey's Writings: Miscellaneous essays. 1851”, p.22

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• It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.

  Jeff Bridges

  Feelings, Trying, Accepting

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  Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

  John Ruskin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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  There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

  Leonard Cohen

  Life, Motivational, Inspiring

  Song: Anthem

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