Quotes about per
perfection quality fundamentals
The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and the sniff. Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour. For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing. John Galsworthy
perspective social
From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes. John Fahey
perfect poet selection
When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life. John Drinkwater
perseverance solitude gains
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance. John Ortberg
perseverance powerful disappointment
To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting and simplicity are such powerful tools for transformation. The experience of frustration and disappointment is irreplaceable in the development of a grateful heart.
personality sacred sophisticated
A person's beauty is sophisticated and sacred and is far beyond image, appearance or personality. John O'Donohue
perseverance giving silence
So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought, Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success. John Milton
perfection parent soul
The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
perseverance heart reflection
With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live as slaves. John Dickinson
perfect justice unions
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect.
perfection want bowling
You want perfection, go to a bowling alley! John Calipari
perseverance prayer results
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result. John Calvin
persuasion certain benevolence
Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.
perseverance prayer heart
Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.
perfect found unbelievers
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
perfection christ strive
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
perseverance giving-up moving
No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And let us never despair because of our limited success. Even though it is so much less than we would like, our labour is not wasted when today is better than yesterday!
perfect dancer sometimes
DNCE is "dance without the a." It's not a perfect word, and you don't always have to be a perfect dancer to dance. Life is just sometimes not perfect. Joe Jonas
perspective world reassuring
It is reassuring to know that I can control how I feel and what I do on any given day. The eay I choose to see the world creates the world I see. Joan Lunden
perfect meals would-be
My perfect last meal would be: shrimp cocktail, lasagna, steak, creamed spinach, salad with bleu cheese dressing, onion rings, garlic bread, and a dessert of strawberry shortcake. Joan Rivers
perseverance persistence endeavor
In every human endeavor, persistence is everything.
perfect stories thanks
According to a new report, since he's been governor, Chris Christie has spent $82,000 at a concession stand at MetLife Stadium. Now, I know it seems like the perfect story for a Chris Christie joke but I'm actually on a Chris Christie joke diet. So nothing for me, thanks. Jimmy Fallon
perseverance done persevere
Persevere and get it done. George Allen
perseverance numbers trying
Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.
perseverance determination persistence
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.
perseverance determination persistence
Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to....
perfect matter originality
It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for itself? Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
perspective tiny pieces
I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective. Garry Trudeau
perfection nervous decline
Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead. Garrison Keillor
perfect people quiet
The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people. Francois Fenelon
perfect bed climate
The only perfect climate is bed. Frank Crowninshield
perseverance cutting goes-on
When it goes wrong, you feel like cutting your throat, but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you. George Cukor
perseverance disappointment opportunity
How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequently lead to the accomplishment of most important usefulness. Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefit which follows individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even in the midst of discouragements and disappointments. George Crabbe