Quotes by Imperfection Being perfect is boring. It's the imperfections that make us perfect. Jessie J imperfectionboringperfect The second commandment that Jesus referred to was not to love others instead of ourselves, but to love them as ourselves. Before we can love and serve others, we must love ourselves, even in our imperfection. If we don't embrace our own defects, we can't love others with their shortcomings. Jim Warner embraceimperfectionjesus To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection. John Abercrombie imperfectioninspiringfunny Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them John Bosco imperfectioncatholictrying None, none descends into himself, to find John Dryden imperfectioneaglesmind So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with. John Locke difficultimperfectionwriting I am not what I ought to be! Ah! how imperfect and deficient! - I am not what I wish to be! I 'abhor what is evil,' and I would 'cleave to what is good!' - I am not what I hope to be! Soon, soon, I shall put off mortality: and with mortality all sin and imperfection! Yet, though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say, I am not what I once was - a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily join with the Apostle, and acknowledge; By the grace of God, I am what I am! John Newton imperfectiongraceevil To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. John Ruskin vitalityimperfectionexpression Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life. John Ruskin perfection-and-imperfectionimperfectionessentials We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased; if our faults are perceived, we are sad. I remark that in a great many people; if one says anything to them, it disturbs them, it annoys them. The saints were not like that - they were vexed if their virtues were known, and pleased that their imperfections should be seen. John Vianney imperfectionpridepeople True wisdom is a thing very extraordinary. Happy are they that have it: and next to them, not those many that think they have it, but those few that are sensible of their own defects and imperfections, and know that they have it not. John Tillotson imperfectioninspirationalthinking Knowledge can be a subtle curse. When we learn about the world, we also learn all the reasons why the world cannot be changed. We get used to our failures and imperfections. We become numb to the possibilities of something new Jonah Lehrer imperfectionreason-whyworld God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency. Jonathan Sacks imperfectionbeing-honesthonest There is nothing better than picking up sun-warmed tomatoes and smelling them, feeling them and scrutinizing their shiny skins for imperfections, dreaming of ways to serve them. Jose Andres imperfectiondreamfeelings Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not. Joseph Butler imperfectionpassionorder A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. Joseph Addison imperfectionliteraturehouse A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections Joseph Addison imperfectioncriticsinspiration I feel like the live record thing is something that I've been getting used to as the years go by and with this being my second one, I'm continuing to learn what works and what doesn't work. A live record is an example of that authenticity and that realness that you find in imperfection and you can hear that in this record. Josh Turner continuing-to-learnimperfectionyears I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. Joseph Addison imperfectionsoulthinking Remember God is not surprised by your inabilities, your imperfections, or your faults. He has always known everything about you that you are just now finding out, and he chose you on purpose for himself. Joyce Meyer inabilityimperfectionmotivational«345678910111213»
