Quotes by Perfection A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection. Elias Hasket Derby agriculture perfection doe The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection. Elihu Root perfection men ideas Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice. Elihu Root selfishness ambition perfection Renounce to the desire of possessing worldly things: this is the first step in the path of perfection; by mean of this absolute untie is how the passions can be fought. Eliphas Levi passion perfection mean The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection. So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly. Elizabeth Gilbert destiny perfection looks Similarity of opinion is not always—I think not often—needed for fullness and perfection of love. Elizabeth Gaskell opinion perfection thinking We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the whole time. Your treasure--your perfection--is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the buy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart. Elizabeth Gilbert silence perfection heart Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for. Elizabeth Scott church grace perfection A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might....Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty, the perfection of His character. Ellen G. White ignorance perfection character Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature. Ellen Glasgow enough perfection art All perfect things are saddening in effect. The autumn wood robed in its scarlet clothes, The matchless tinting on the royal rose Whose velvet leaf by no least flaw is flecked. Love's supreme moment, when the soul unchecked Soars high as heaven, and its best rapture knows, These hold a deeper pathos than our woes, Since they leave nothing better to expect. Ella Wheeler Wilcox autumn clothes perfection i expected demands. he gifted me with tenderness. i expected ego. he let me experiment. i expected disrespect. he called me beautiful. i expected him to expect perfection. he taught me all i needed to know. Ellen Hopkins ego perfection beautiful Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco. Emile Zola regret perfection smoking I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity. Emile Zola perfection struggle beauty But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it. Emily Giffin what-matters perfection inspirational Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it could not be done better. In painting that never occurs. Emily Carr shining done perfection We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic. We are our own worst enemy. No one is noticing that little scar. Emmanuelle Chriqui worst-enemy perfection ideas Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film. Emma Thompson film ends perfection I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out. Emma Watson perfectionist excellence perfection The strange, unbeautiful face beautiful in its ugliness; the perfect, beautiful face ugly in its perfection. Eric Maisel perfection beautiful beauty «1213141516171819202122»
