best quotations about
Perfection |
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Quotations
 | To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to change often. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 9 likes |
 | Achieve some perfection yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 6 likes |
 | Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 5 likes |
 | Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 5 likes |
 | Don't be afraid of perfection, you will never achieve it. — Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter 5 likes |
 | The height of perfection is mediocrity. — Pitigrilli (Dino Segre), 1893-1975, Italian writer 5 likes |
 | Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 3 likes |
| The maxim “Nothing avails but perfection” may be spelt shorter: “Paralysis.” — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 3 likes |
 | We adore perfection because we can't have it; it would disgust us if we had it. Perfect is inhuman, because human is imperfect. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 3 likes |
 | It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 2 likes |
 | It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove. — Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer 2 likes |
 | The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. — Doug Larson, 1926-2017, American columnist 2 likes |
 | As the thing more perfect is, the more it feels of pleasure and of pain. — Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet 2 likes |
 | The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. |
 | A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away. |
 | And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. |
 | Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves. |
 | Perfection can be achieved only through devotion, for devotion is the basis of all success. |
 | A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security. |
 | You want to know how to paint a perfect painting? It's easy. Make yourself perfect and then just paint naturally. |
 | Only gods can safely risk perfection ... it's a dangerous thing for a man. |
 | There is no perfection, only life. |
 | I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events. |
 | Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail. |
Funny Quotes
 | In school they told me “Practice makes perfect.” And then they told me “Nobody's perfect,” so then I stopped practicing. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 5 likes |
 | If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be. — Yogi Berra, 1925-2015, American baseball player & humorist 2 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Three things support the perfection of a man: character, learning and practice. Εις τελειότητα του ανθρώπου τρία δει συνδράμειν: φύσιν, μάθησιν και άσκησιν. — Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
Proverbs
 | Nobody is perfect. 4 likes |
