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“All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection, and for its own and not for the art's sake.”

World Humans Art Lasts Art Is Perfection Sake Flying Analysis Endeavor Vapor

Book:The variorum edition of the poems of W. B. Yeats

Source: The variorum edition of the poems of W. B. Yeats

“The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.”

Men Character Perfect Views Objects Worship Clothes Standards Perfection Belonging Endeavor Attributes

Book:The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence

Source: The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence

“It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity. He is the God of order and not of confusion. And therefore as they would understand the frame of the world must endeavor to reduce their knowledge to all possible simplicity, so must it be in seeking to understand these visions.”

World Done Order Vision Perfection Simplicity Seeking Confusion Endeavor

Author:Isaac Newton

“It is necessary to go through all the daily tasks and bring perfection to them, to learn to be perfect in your meditation, and to win in all your endeavors so that one day you will complete again.”

Winning Perfect Meditation Buddhism One Day Perfection Tasks Endeavor Daily Tasks

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

Source: Motivation Lombardi Style

“On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.”

Men Should Has Beens Whole Happiness Perfection Should Have Endeavor Ambitious Should Have Been Obtaining

Book:Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1

Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1

“For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God is perfection, and whoever strives after it, is striving after something divine. True painting is only the image of the perfection of God, a shadow of the pencil with which he paints, a melody, a striving after harmony.”

Feels Soul Religious Perfect Christianity Divine Painting Pure Shadow Perfection Harmony Paint Strive Melody Endeavor Strife Pencils

Author:Michelangelo

“However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.”

Forget Steps Perfection Endeavor Forget You Renounce

Author:John of the Cross

“Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.”

Character Perfection Violent Faithful Martial Arts Endeavor Behaviour Respecting Others Refrain Karate Being Faithful

Author:Gichin Funakoshi

“In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album.”

Ifs Left White Standards Perfection Mathematics Albums Endeavor

Book:Stumbling on Happiness

Source: Stumbling on Happiness

“Perfection in any endeavor is an aiming point. Let the desire for it push you, but don't let the absence of it stop you.”

Life Desire Perfection Absence Endeavor

Author:Ralph Marston