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quotes by topic Perfection

" Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. "

W. Somerset Maugham

Grave , Perfection

" 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. "

W. Somerset Maugham

Life , Perfection , Trifle

" I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out. "

Excellence , Perfection

" Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. "

Improvement , Perfection

" The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. "

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Spiritual , Personality , Perfection

" Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. "

C. Northcote Parkinson

Perfection

" Christian holiness is not a matter of painstaking conformity to the individual precepts of an external law code; it is rather a question of the Holy Spirit's producing His fruit in the life, reproducing those graces which were seen in perfection in the life of Christ. "

Law , Christian , Perfection

" Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections. "

L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Desire , Perfection

James Cash Penney

Art , Practice , Study , Perfection

Saint Augustine

Man , Perfection