“I do not stand here before you as a self-righteous saint who has achieved spiritual perfection, but as a sinner who has received Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior.” HeartSelfSpiritualJesusLordPerfectionSaintSinnerSaviorRighteousSelf RighteousSpiritual Perfection Author:Thomas J. Paprocki
“It's the notion that there is no perfection - that there is a broken world and we live with broken hearts and broken lives but still there is no alibi for anything. On the contrary, you have to stand up and say hallelujah under those circumstances.” WorldLifeHeartStillsBrokenCircumstancesPerfectionNotionContraryHallelujahBroken World Author:Leonard Cohen
“An unhappy gentleman, resolving to wed nothing short of perfection, keeps his heart and hand till both get so old and withered that no tolerable woman will accept them.” HeartHandsAcceptingMarriagePerfectionUnhappyGentlemanMatrimonyTolerableWitheredHearts And Hands Book:Mosses from an Old Manse Source: Mosses from an Old Manse
“There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.” IfsThinkingMenWorldWayShouldHeartMayPersonsDoeSpiritUnderstandingUnitedGraceParticularHe ManSonThousandCreaturesEqualPerfectionRelationFortuneMannersBelongingCountyEldestEldest Son Book:Jane Austen's correspondence and letters: The complete and definitive edition Source: Jane Austen's correspondence and letters: The complete and definitive edition