Top 1200 Progress Not Perfection Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.

Love thy neighbor is more than a divine truth. It is a pattern for perfection.

Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . .

Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.

Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.

If you were in a perfected state of consciousness, you would only see perfection in all things.

The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.

I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

If you'd like to be good at something, the first thing to out the window is the notion of perfection.

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.

It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.

To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.

A man cannot have an idea of perfection in another, which he was never sensible of in himself.

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.

We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.

It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.

The public takes little notice of those who want to abolish abortion. They are dismissed as extremists. If I were to argue that all abortions should be banned, the ethical discussions would go round in circles.... My view is that the only way forward is to argue for a reduction in the time limit... saving some lives is better than saving no lives at all. I hope pro-lifers will come to share my view that some progress is better than no progress.

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

Playing a superhero isn't interesting because then you personify perfection, which is boring!

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

Perfection cannot be reached, because nothings perfect. But things can change, and so can people

Software breaks before it bends, so it demands perfection in a universe that prefers statistics.

I think seeking perfection in human affairs is a perfect way to destroy them.

Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost.

Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

The idea of perfection always gives one a chance to talk without knowing facts.

We must know when to move on. To search too long for perfection can also paralyse.

In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places.

Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.

I believe the word "perfection" should be changed to "pure fiction" - it's just not possible!

If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.

It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.

The perfection of conversational intercourse is when the breeding of high life is animated by the fervor of genius.

I am not a perfectionist. Perfection doesn't exist in real life. It's a wrong title for me.

These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a child's toy made of paper.

It is the witness still of excellency to put a strange face on his own perfection.

Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives.

Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

It's stupid to expect perfection from bands because afterall they're just human beings.

My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection.

How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Immoral is choosing not to act when you hold in your hands the power to create perfection.

Everything is unfolding perfectly. As this perfection unfolds, I learn and grow and become all I'm becoming.

I don't know why in society when a woman demands perfection she is called crazy.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

Similarity of opinion is not always—I think not often—needed for fullness and perfection of love.

The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine Grace.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

If we require more perfection from women than from ourselves, it is doing them honor.

The so-called conscientiousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring.

Working toward perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one's lifetime.