Quotes about per
perfect want failing
I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail. Robin Wright
perfect not-perfect perfect-for-each-other
She is not perfect. You are not perfect. The question is whether or not you are perfect for each other Robin Williams
personal-opinions support opinion
It just supports my personal opinion that he's a wacko Trenton Lee Stewart
perfect needs quiet
Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as...as..." "Dead mice?" Reynie suggested. "Perfect," said Kate with an approving nod. "As quiet as dead mice. Trenton Lee Stewart
perfect abu-ghraib prison
American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy. Tony Snow
perfect people political
Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons. Tony Snow
personality what-if discarded
I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really am just someone with a large prefrontal cortex...and nothing more? Veronica Roth
perspective bravery half
Half of bravery is perspective. Veronica Roth
perfect alive firsts
It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free. Veronica Roth
perfect wedding-crasher knows
I'm not perfect, but who are we kidding? Neither are you. And you wanna know what? I dig it! Vince Vaughn
perfection excellence unattainable
True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence! Vince Lombardi
perfection excellence impossible
Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence. Vince Lombardi
perfect poetry immature
A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. Robert Graves
personality infinite impossibility
An infinite personality is an infinite impossibility. Robert Green Ingersoll
perfect wonderful utopia
There's no perfect place, there's no wonderful utopia. Sandra Cisneros
perfection humanity religion
Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity. Samuel Johnson
perseverance art looks
All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance. Samuel Johnson
perfection people advice
The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener is necessary to the accommodation of all those who desire to be confirmed in the opinion of their own wisdom: a patient listener, however, is not always to be had; the present age, whatever age is present, is so vitiated and disordered, that young people are readier to talk than to attend, and good counsel is only thrown away upon those who are full of their own perfections. Samuel Johnson
perseverance mind peculiar
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect a peculiar privilege, a power denied to the rest of mankind; but to suppose that the maze is inscrutable to diligence, or the heights inaccessible to perseverance, is to submit tamely to the tyranny of fancy, and enchain the mind in voluntary shackles. Samuel Johnson
perseverance determination persistence
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Samuel Johnson
perseverance writing effort
Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements. Samuel Johnson
perseverance years space
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe. Samuel Johnson
perfect able actors
The reason I'm an actor is because I'll never be able to be perfect. Sam Claflin
performing turns
We suffered for our music. Now, it's your turn. Sam Bush
perfect feminism realistic
So often feminism is built up as this thing where you have to be perfect. You have to be consistent and you can't ever deviate. That's just not realistic. Roxane Gay
perfectionism feels
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. Rowan Atkinson
persons
The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work. Robert K. Greenleaf
personality enough admire
I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough. Roberto Cavalli
perfection silence noble
It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop.
perseverance memories exercise
The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory Robert Southey
perception mind essentials
Poetry has to be something more than a conception of the mind. It has to be a revelation of nature. Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are essential. Wallace Stevens
perception essentials conception
Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are essential. Wallace Stevens
personality storm horizon
William Tavener never heeded ominous forecasts in the domestic horizon, and he never looked for a storm until it broke. Willa Cather