The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it.

‚Perfection‘ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‚I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.‘ I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

Every video I’m in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It’s not real life.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.

Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet’s corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er shall be.

Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

We welcome the scrutiny of the world – because what you see in America is a country that has steadily worked to address our problems and make our union more perfect.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it.

There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

I think the perfection of love is that it’s not perfect.

You may never get to that perfect world that you’re waiting for where everything’s going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.

It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.

I’m a big believer than a great bit is a great bit – if I go and see someone I love, like Robert Klein. I want to hear some classics and some new stuff. But a great stand-up bit takes a long time to really polish and perfect, and they’re beautiful things when they’re done.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

In an interconnected age when opportunistic adversaries can work in tandem to destroy stability and prosperity, our country needs to regain its strategic footing. We need to bring the clarity to our efforts before we lose the confidence of the American people and the support of potential allies.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I’d be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.

The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it.

Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.