Quotes on Perfection

Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.

Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being

If people reach perfection they vanish, you know.

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time- but even on the best day nobody's perfect.

Excellence does not require perfection.

But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.

Each time you fall He'll pick you up. He knows your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection

Art teaches you the philosophy of life, and if you can't learn it from art, you can't learn it at all. It shows you that there is no perfection. There is light, and there is shadow. Everything is in half tint.

Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

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.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS.

Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.

Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.