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It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.
Sep 18, 2025
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Where imperfection ceaseth, heaven begins.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.
Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.
Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life.
Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.
To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection.
I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement.
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.
I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we?
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.
The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be effort, and the law of human judgment, mercy.
When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
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