Quotes on Perfection

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

We shouldn't be intimidated by someone else's idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take.

It is with art as with love: How can a man of the world,with all his distractions, keep the inwardness which an artist must possess if he hopes to attain perfection? That inwardness which the spectator must share if he is to understand the work as the artist wishes and hopes... Believe me, talents are like virtues; either you must love them for their own sake or renounce them altogether. And they are only recognized and rewarded when we have practised them in secret, like a dangerous mystery."

Progress is more important than perfection.

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite, divine and ineffable dwelling place (cf. Jn. 14:2) will be ours to enjoy. For this is what our sainted teacher said in his famous philosophical aphorism: 'Then we shall know as we are known' (I Cor. 13:12), when we mingle our god-formed mind and divine reason to what is properly its own and the image returns to the archetype for which it now longs.

What makes a Christian a Christian is not perfection but forgiveness.

What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings

Religion becomes a state of mind achievable in almost any activity of life, if this activity is raised to a suitable level of perfection.

Perfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it's to be whole.

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

In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together. With these means, man can attain perfection.

Perfection is crucial in building an aircraft, a bridge, or a high-speed train. The code and mathematics residing just below the surface of the Internet is also this way. Things are either perfectly right or they will not work. So much of the world we work and live in is based upon being correct, being perfect.

Love itself describes its own perfection. Be speechless and listen.

Every thing that grows / Holds in perfection but a little moment.

Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.

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!