Famous Quotes & Sayings

Leonardo da Vinci

Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly.

Leonardo da Vinci

Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

Oscar Wilde

To be premature is to be perfect

Oscar Wilde

I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

Oscar Wilde

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Patrick Ness

It's not how we fall. It's how we get back up again.

Patrick Rothfuss

I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.

Patrick Rothfuss

It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission.

Patrick Rothfuss

But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.

Patrice Motsepe

One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance.

Patricia Arquette

Part of what I love about getting older is realizing that there's something perfect in the imperfection. It's all very human.

Oswald Chambers

God always ignores the present perfection for the ultimate perfection.

Lev Yilmaz

I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

Lev Grossman

His whole personality was like an elaborate joke that he never stopped telling.

Leon Trotsky

In Stalin each [Soviet bureaucrat] easily finds himself. But Stalin also finds in each one a small part of his own spirit. Stalin is the personification of the bureaucracy. That is the substance of his political personality.

Laurence Olivier

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

Leigh Hunt

The perfection of conversational intercourse is when the breeding of high life is animated by the fervor of genius.

Leigh Hunt

I am persuaded there is no such thing after all as a perfect enjoyment of solitude; for the more delicious the solitude the more one wants a companion.

Lauren London

I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.

Lauren Weisberger

He certainly seems like the perfect guy but none of that matters if he's not the perfect guy for you.

Lauren Oliver

Perfection is a promise, and a reassurance that we are not wrong.

Lauren Oliver

Everything I see and touch reminds me of him, and so everything I see and touch is perfect.

Larry Wall

To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.

Lakshmi Mittal

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.

90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

Paul Cellucci

Like Canada, we very much wanted the United Nations to be a relevant and effective body. But once those efforts failed, we no longer saw things from a multilateral perspective. For us, now, it is much more basic than that. It is about family.

Paul Cellucci

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

Paul Brunton

Deep down within the heart there is a stillness which is healing, a trust in the universal laws which is unwavering, and a strength which is rock-like. But because it is so deep we need both patience and perseverance when digging for it.

Paul Cezanne

Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.

Patsy Kensit

Life is never going to be perfect, as much as we want it to be, and I have to lead by example.

Patti LaBelle

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.