Quotes
Quotes about Perfection
Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of God.
Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object.
Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object.
That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many thing by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!
You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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.
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.
Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.
So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.
The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
Trifles go to make perfection, And perfection is no trifle.
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
