Top 1200 Progress Not Perfection Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.

Love doesn't demand perfection, but it does ask you to give yourself with less reserve than you'd prefer.

There is no control and perfection is arrogant. Practice messiness, letting go, and doing things badly.

It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

In terms of popular cinema, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is as near perfection as I can think of.

Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.

Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.

Every individual has in himself perfection. It lies within the dark recesses of his physical being.

We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection.

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

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that it cannot be an evil.

To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.

I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.

Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our pursuit of perfection. Adversity need have no necessary connection with failure.

Religion and science are the two wings upon which man's intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress. It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition, whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.

As a musician, I have always strived for my albums and live performance to render a sound as close as possible to perfection.

People have a certain perfection about them, no matter who they are. Like when Janis Joplin sang. Gorgeous!

See not perfection in self. Seek it not in others. One being a false perceptionThe other, an endless quest.

Perhaps the crescent moon smiles in doubt at being told that it is a fragment awaiting perfection.

Of all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.

Just look at me! Beauty. Style. A little vision of perfection. I love myself and that's enough.

Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.

mixing comes natural. i just ought to. not am i mixed to perfection, i have aptitude for art and colors.

Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.

How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.

In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff.

In the forests of central India and in many, many rural areas, a huge battle is being waged. Millions of people are being driven off their lands by mining companies, by dams, by infrastructure companies, and a huge battle is being waged. These are not people who have been co-opted into consumer culture, into the western notions of civilisation and progress. They are fighting for their lands and their livelihoods, refusing to be looted so that someone somewhere far away may "progress" at their cost.

The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.

When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins.

Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

When I think of those who were the greatest in their respective sports, it was their drive for perfection that made them the best.

There is still that singular perfection, and it's perfect in part because it seemed, at the time, so clearly to promise more.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.

I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try.

Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

Impatience has a poor track record for perfection. Getting things right usually includes calming down!

What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.

I really had a great time shooting for Dabboo Ratnani. He is such an experienced photographer and works in perfection.

We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dream of perfection.

But, perfection is something that is a constant thing you need to achieve. It is not that you have achieved it and it's gonna stay. It's everyday hardwork.

My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.

An imaginary perfection is automatically at the same level as I who imagine it neither higher nor lower.

Wisdom is not a question of learning facts with the mind; it can only be acquired through perfection of living.

Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting.

Everyday that goes by I try to improve myself and searching for something that may even be impossible; perfection.

I've been coming to Notre Dame since 1957. This place, this campus, is the closest thing there is to perfection.

Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.

My intent is simply to know my material so well that I'm very comfortable with it. Confidence, not perfection, is the goal.

In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album.

It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.

Everybody has to start somewhere. You have your whole future ahead of you. Perfection doesn't happen right away.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality

Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.

A scene is never completed, but simply abandoned when the search for perfection is no longer producing positive results.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.