Quotes about Perfection

“Perfection is the child of time.”

“The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.”

“Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.”

“No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.”

“American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.”

“Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.”

“The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.”

“The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.”

“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one's love upon other human individuals.”

“Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.”

“So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.”

“Have no fear of perfection-you'll never reach it.”

“The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.”

“No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.”

“Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.”

“The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.”

“Perfection has one grave defect. It is apt to be dull.”

“All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare.”

“Perfecting is our destiny, but perfection never our lot.”

“When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.”

“Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.”

“Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.”

“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.”

“This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.”

“Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.”

“The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.”

“The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.”

“Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.”

“Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.”

“If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.”