Quotes About Imperfection

And I know I said earlier that he was perfect but he wasn't perfect, far from it; he could be silly and vain and remote and often cruel and still we loved him, in spite of, because.

the line of beauty is the line of beauty. It doesn't matter if it's been through the Xerox machine a hundred times.

Your species. You have a terrific capacity for effing things up. For hurting one another. For making the world a worse place. But then you invent something like ice cream. That makes up for a lot. Makes you worth rooting for.

nobody is perfect. Anyone can backslide, even with the best of intentions. That be what the road to hell is paved with, they say.

We shall do well to remember that, when we make our own miserably imperfect knowledge and consciousness the measure of our sinfulness, we are on very dangerous ground.

Conocer la perfección inconmensurable de Dios y nuestra inmensa imperfección, ver nuestras propias faltas e inconmensurable corrupción, es el A-B-C de una fe salvadora.

Recordemos que cuando medimos lo pecadores que somos según nuestro propio conocimiento y conciencia, miserablemente imperfectos, pisamos un terreno muy peligroso.

La infatigable búsqueda de una perfección inalcanzable, así se trate sólo de aporrear un viejo piano, es lo que por sí mismo da sentido a nuestra vida en esta vana estrella.» Logan Pearsall Smith.

Curse him to eternal damnation! Yes! Of course!" came the emotional reply. "Don't curse him," I said softly. "Remember--he's only a machine, just an imperfect mirror of ourselves. We made him what he is--the disease, the cancer." There was nothing else to say, because that left only cursing ourselves, and we were already cursed.

Beauty reflected in a pool may be a little blurred, but it can be as beautiful in its own way as the original.

Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.

Our lives become beautiful not because we are perfect. Our lives become beautiful because we put our heart into what we are doing.

Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.

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I rely on guns for protection in life. God does not say, 'This is la-la land.' God doesn't say, 'Welcome to Earth. Everything's perfect. There's no crime. There's no murder. There's no death.' The world is imperfect, and you have to be on guard.

My imperfections will never override God's promises.

So the human heart was created in the context of the perfection of the garden of Eden. But we don't live there now. This is why our instincts keep firing off the lie that perfection is possible. We have pictures of perfection etched into the very DNA of our souls.

So, while there are still good things in this world, the world is no longer a perfect reflection of God's goodness.

Relationships don't come in packages of perfection; relationships come in packages of potential.

When Adam and Eve chose to sin, their sin infected and infiltrated the goodness of all God had made. So, while there are still good things in this world, the world is no longer a perfect reflection of God's goodness.

Él cubre y perdona lo que nosotros solo hemos podido ocultar. Perdona lo que nunca podríamos ser lo suficientemente buenos para hacerlo de manera correcta.

Imperfect changes are slow steps of progress wrapped in grace … imperfect progress.

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If I can be honest, the real problem with the gap in my countertop was my own pride. It's a sign of imperfection, and I don't like my imperfections to show. Lord, please set my heart free from these prideful tendencies.