“In the eyes of those lovers of perfection, a work is never finished - a word that for them has no sense - but abandoned; and this abandonment, whether to the flames or to the public (and which is the result of weariness or an obligation to deliver) is a kind of an accident to them, like the breaking off of a reflection, which fatigue, irritation, or something similar has made worthless.” KindMadeEyeResultsLoversReflectionPerfectionFinishedAccidentsObligationFlamesAbandonedWorthlessFatigueAbandonmentWearinessIrritation Author:Paul Valery
“Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by civilized man.” ThinkingMenEnemyHabitReflectionPerfectionProfoundCivilizedCompelledPernicious Author:Constantine the Great
“I'm like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection.” WantReflectionPerfectionChainsSharksApprenticeFood Chain Author:Ricky Martin
“No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.” NeedsMadeImportantGivenClearReflectionPerfectionRootsConvictionDeeperNoblePursuitResolutionHappy LifeBearable Author:Seneca the Younger
“The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide a range of pithy and hackneyed phrases that they can carry on an amusing and animated conversation without giving a moment’s reflection to what they are saying and so leave their minds free to consider the more important matters of big business and fornication.” PeopleGivingMindImportantMatterMomentsBigsEarthFunnyConversationReflectionPerfectionWideRangeHeightPhrasesEfficientAnimatedAmusingBig BusinessMind FreePithy Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of wisdom, and wisdom the parent of success.” WorldMotherFoundParentAnimalIntellectualReflectionPerfectionMaturity Author:James F. Cooper
“You're looking at the reflection of perfection. You're looking at the man who gets all your attention. You're looking at the man with the biggest arm. At the man, with the greatest charm, the man in Chicago who will do harm to the guy three doors down. Whatcha gonna do, when you know who? How ya gonna deal, with the man of steel? How ya gonna react to Sonnen's attack?” KnowsMenGuyThreeDealsAttentionDoorsHe ManArmsReflectionPerfectionHarmCharmChicagoSteel Author:Chael Sonnen
“In this state one enriches everything out of one's own fullness: whatever one sees, whatever wills is seen swelled, taut, strong, overloaded with strength. A man in this state transforms things until they mirror his power—until they are reflections of his perfection. This having to transform into perfection is—art.” MenArtStatesStrongReflectionPerfectionMirrorsFullnessOverloaded Book:Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche