Quotes About Perfection

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or meeting with a face, a figure, or cast of expression in perfection that we have seen and admired in a less degree or in less favorable circumstances a hundred times before.

Love is like a Rubix Cube, there are countless numbers of wrong twists and turns, but when you get it right, it looks perfect no matter what way you look at it

Expecting perfection inevitably leads to disappointment. A more realistic goal is for husbands and wives to work, learn and grow together.

God has set the type of marriage everywhere throughout the creation. Every creature seeks its perfection in another. The very heavens and earth picture it to us.

The church is not a place for perfection. It is, and should be, a haven of protection.

A perfect night... a perfect forever

When you are perfect, is there anywhere else to go?

You've always been two people. The Jenna who wants to please and the Jenna who secretly resents in. They won't break, you know. Your parents never thought you were perfect. You did.

They placed me on a pedestal from the day I was born! What choice did I have but to be perfect!

It wears on a person, you know, always having to be perfect. You know that one day something will happen,some problem that won't fit into a neat little project. Something that can't be fixed. Then where does that leave you?" She doesn't hesitate. "You become mortal like the rest of us," she says.

I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.

I see Jenna, smiling, chattering. And failing. When you are perfect, is there anywhere else to go?

How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked. 'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do any more to it. And then you need to stop because if you don't, you will spoil it.

I didn't have to be perfect-hardly anyone was perfect. Why did I think I had to be perfect all the time?

THE TAHITIANS don't have a word that means "art." The closest expression in their language translates to something like "I'm doing the best I can." Ever since I heard this it has become a kind of mantra to me. I try and apply it to my own work, to my students and anyone who shares his or her work with me. If we live with the idea of perfection, we will never do anything. The notion paralyzes us, but doing the best we can, this is possible. I

To hate excellence is to hate the gods.

Perfection can be achieved by no one, because perfection is achieved from faults- yet faults tear away the perfection in you.

3. You are not powerless. There is information in this book to help you understand your spirited child. You can read it and use it. You can strengthen skills you already have and learn new ones. You can reduce the hassles and live peacefully with your spirited child—most days. Progress not perfection is our goal.

we are all driven by the urge to meet our needs. What if one of our most fundamental needs is to have things be just so?

The children never troubled themselves about whether they were fixable or not, as they did not consider themselves broken in the first place. You may decide for yourself what to think about it, but it is worth remembering that often people who are told they need fixing are perfectly fine as they are. It is our own narrow notion of how things ought to be that is truly in need of repair.

Quality begins when everybody in the organization commits to never sending rejects or imperfect information to the next process.

I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish.

Beauty is beauty due to the cruelty of selection.

For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.