#perfection

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

— Samuel Johnson

#always #eye #know #may #never

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep. ↗

— Erica Jong

#ambivalent #babies #being #being human #best

I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them. ↗

— Kesha

#embrace #i #imperfections #them

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

— John Ruskin

#consists #everything #nothing #perfection #plainly

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#achieved #add #away #designer #knows

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue. ↗

— Walter Scott

#glory #honor #incentive #natures #our

Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#beautiful #body #development #feel #fighting

Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops. ↗

— William Shawn

#just #never #perfection #process #short

I'm a perfectionist, which I think is a mistake. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#i think #mistake #perfectionist #think #which

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#doubt #intellectuals #job #perfection #writers