“It is the condition of our present state to see more than we can attain; the exactest vigilance and caution can never maintain a single day of unmingled innocence.” IfsWritingMayIdeasStatesFailingConditionsExampleObjectsDutyPerfectionFaultsInnocenceCautionAtonementHinderEndeavourVigilanceContagionAdmonition Author:Samuel Johnson
“The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm.” ArtFoundProgressFailingPerfectionMethodSimplicityTechniqueReputationPainterCharm Author:Honore de Balzac
“Strive for perfection - never be content with mediocrity. You don't win until you conquer the little flaws. You don't beat these great ones until your form is perfect. This is true in all of life. A flaw in a product can ruin a business. A personal failing, a little one, can ruin a person's life. Don't be content with mediocrity - strive to live up to the greatest within you.” LittlesPersonsFormWinningSportsLeadershipPerfectFailingProductsBeatsPerfectionStriveRuinsConquerFlawsMediocrityWithin YouGreat Ones Author:Bob Richards
“Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them-and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives.” WorldTryingYearsLongProcessRealizingCreativityPathFailingJourneyWillingMastersStandardsPerfectionCompareDestructiveMasteryTry AgainHigh StandardsWilling To Try Book:Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
“It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop.” SilenceVirtueFailingDrawsWeaknessPerfectionExcuseNobleGreat ThingsDisplayCurtainsShortcomings Author:Robert South
“Education lays hold of what is best in a person, but character lays hold of what is worse. It takes hold of a failing and by very skillful manipulation and training turns it into a perfection.” PersonsCharacterTurnsFailingTrainingPerfectionLaysManipulationSkillful Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and everything shall be added unto you. This is the one great duty, this is renunciation. Live for an ideal, and leave no place in the mind for anything else. Let us put forth all our energies to acquire that which never fails-our spiritual perfection. If we have true yearning for realization, we must struggle, and through struggle growth will come. We shall make mistakes, but they may be angels unawares.” IfsMindFirstsMaySpiritualEnergyGrowthMistakeStruggleFailingDutyAngelIdealsPerfectionKingdomsRealizationAcquireMaking MistakesYearningKingdom Of GodRenunciationSpiritual Perfection Book:The Powers of The Mind Source: The Powers of The Mind
“The adjectives that are in the book ["Win"] - passion, persuasion, persistence, perfection, prioritization, being people-centered - none of them are as important as principles. Without principles, the language will fail.” PeopleImportantBookPassionWinningLanguagePrinciplesFailingPerfectionPersistencePersuasionAdjectivesPrioritization Author:Frank Luntz
“We learn as much by others' failings as by their teachings. Examples of imperfection is just as useful for achieving perfection as are models of competence and perfection.” FailingTeachingAchieveExampleModelsPerfectionImperfectionCompetence Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable