Top 1200 Striving For Perfection Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?

I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.

Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.

Comparisons are easily done, once you've had a taste of perfection

Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men?

It took me so long to find the perfection foundation shade.

I think social media is painting an unattainable picture of perfection.

I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life.

How can one be pleasing to God when one is inflated with pride and self-love under the pretense of striving for Gods glory, while in fact one is seeking ones own glory?

Will Smith's acting reaffirms my belief in the American perfection.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

All of man's ills are due to his lack of knowing God within him. The perfection of God's universe is founded upon its perfection of Balance. All of man's ills are caused by toxic poisons generated in his body through unbalance affecting his power of control over the functions of his electric body. Man, as an extension of God, is creator of his own electric body. He is master of his electric body to the extent of his knowing the Light of God in him. ... God says to man: »What I do, ye shall do«, but man is unbelieving for long ages.

Apple embodies a lot of what have been defined as feminine traits: an emphasis on intuitive design, intellect, a strong sense of creativity, and that striving to always make the greatest version of something.

Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving to live up to the judicial oath.

... imperfection would get me farther than perfection.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

Winning once is never anyone's dream. We all want to keep winning no matter what it is, or if we retire, we all still are striving toward something, probably most of us are.

When technique is obtrusive it becomes mere mannerism, a conscious striving for effect. It is only a means to an end - the manner of putting paint to paper. It hardly embraces the expressive side of painting.

Humility is courage, the open acceptance of your own perfection.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

To be human is to seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it.

For a married couple to expect perfection for each other is unrealistic.

There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain.

The perfection of any matter, the highest or the lowest, touches on the divine.

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

Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

I'm always in search for perfection. If it's not perfect, I'm back to the drawing board.

I didn't set out wanting to be an actress. That's not what I did. I didn't go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically - honestly, I didn't have anything else going.

I don't want to call myself a perfectionist because perfection is imperfection.

Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.

China is going to be one of Avon's largest market opportunities. It has a large geographic expanse, with hundreds of thousands of women in small villages really striving to make an earnings opportunity for themselves.

... every entity loses perfection as long as it is not fulfilling its purpose.

It is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.

Faith is not the result of striving. It is the result of surrender.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools - a striving politician who considers himself above politics.

There's no use being satisfied when things are done wrongly. I want perfection.

Strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns to spend their strength In farthest striving action; breathe more free In mighty anguish than in trivial ease.

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.

Who wants to be a goddess when we can be human? Perfection is a flaw disguised as control.

Ultimately, I do want us to be a transformative government. I want, when we've left, for people to say we're not just clean-green anymore: we're carbon neutral, or we're striving to be.

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

If you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere.

Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.

What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings

A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection.

Do not confuse excellence with perfection. The first is possible to achieve, the second is probably not.

No matter what it is, if you aren't happy striving for it, you won't be happy achieving it.

Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.

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

If you're gay and you can't hold hands, or you're black and you can't catch a taxi, or you're a woman and you can't go into the park, you are aware there's a menace. That's costly on a psychic level. The world should be striving to make all its members secure.

The body must be perfection before the will is a functioning unit

I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.