Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronnie O'Sullivan

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

Robert Schumann

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

Robert C. Solomon

Indeed, some kitsch seems to be flawed by its very perfection, its technical virtuosity and its precise execution, its explicit knowledge of the tradition

Tullian Tchividjian

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.

Tullian Tchividjian

There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf.

Tupac Shakur

I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection

Vince Lombardi

True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence!

Vince Lombardi

Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.

Samuel Johnson

Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.

Samuel Johnson

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.

Rowan Atkinson

But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.

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.

Vladimir Horowitz

Perfection itself is imperfection.

Wayne White

I'm a perfectionist I guess. Everyone has to love me.

Salvador Dali

Do not be afraid of perfection - you will never attain it.

Wayne Dyer

You are the Beloved, you are the Divine, you are a creation that is made into perfection.

Tyra Banks

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

William Ames

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.

William Ames

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

Thomas Keller

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

Vin Diesel

I'm a perfectionist. I'm very critical, especially artistically.

Victoria Woodhull

I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection.

Gretchen Rubin

Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

Giuseppe Verdi

I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try.

Herman Melville

We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.

Henry David Thoreau

There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain.

Henry David Thoreau

There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason.

Jeremy Bentham

The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.

Jennifer Egan

The problem was precision, perfection; the problem was digitization, which sucked the life out of everything that got smeared through its microscopic mesh.

Jennifer Egan

Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection;

Jerry Spinelli

Peace and harmony do not require perfection. Thank goodness for that—because life so often seems to be an itch here, a glitch there, a mess waiting to happen. Harmony is flexible. It bends with imperfection. So should you.