#perfection

If everything is imperfect in this imperfect world, love is most perfect in its perfect imperfection. ↗

— Gunnar Björnstrand

#love #perfection #love

I want to see the front of you.” “That’s what all the girls say.” “Do you expect me to roll you over? ’Cuz I will.” “Your mate’s not going to like this.” “As if that’s going to bother you?” “True. It actually makes it worth the effort.” With a groan, he shoved his palms into the shimmering silver pool of blood beneath him, and flopped over like the side of beef he was. “Wow,” she breathed. “I know, right? Hung like a horse.” “If you’re really nice—and you live through this—I’ll promise not to tell V.” “About my size.” She laughed a little. “No, that you assumed I’d look at you in any fashion other than professionally. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#flirting #humor #lassiter #physical-perfection #teasing

The grandest seduction of all is the myth that DOING EVERYTHING BETTER gets us where we want to be. It gets us somewhere, certainly, but not anywhere worth being. ↗

— Shauna Niequist

#perfectionism #seduction #change

n’t you see, Will? You’re a person like me. You are like me. You say the things I think but never say out loud. You read the books I read. You love the poetry I love. You make me laugh with your ridiculous songs and the way you see the truth of everything. I feel like you can look inside me and see all the places I am odd or unusual and fit your heart around them, for you are odd and unusual in just the same way.” With the hand that was not holding his, she touched his cheek, lightly. “We are the same. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#perfection #poetry #truth #love

Happiness is the only good, reason the only torch, justice the only worship, humanity the only religion, and love the only priest. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#love

Evangelicals sometimes expect too much or, to put it more precisely, we look for a kind of change God hasn't promised. It's possible to expect too little, but under-expectation is usually a cynical reaction to dashed hopes for too much. We manage to interpret biblical teaching to support our longing for perfection. As a result, we measure our progress by standards we will never meet until heaven. ↗

— Larry Crabb

#expectation #god #perfection #standards #change

[...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient and fitful effort, but patient, enduring, honest, unremitting and indefatigable work into which the whole heart is put[...] There is no royal road to perfection. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#perfection #perseverance #personal-growth #self-discipline #success

HOW do you define a word without concrete meaning? To each his own, the saying goes, so WHY push to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree is WHERE you want to be? Faultless. Finished. Incomparable. People can never be these, and anyway, WHEN did creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person WHO lives inside your skin? The outside belongs to others. Only you should decide for you - WHAT is perfect. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#eating-disorders #inspirational #perfection #perfectionism #self-love

Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections. ↗

— Daphne Delacroix

#good #hidden #imperfection #inspirational #perfection

When you start something, make sure that you're willing to take the time to finish it right because, honey, the work you put into it will be more than worth it in the end. The best things always are. ↗

— C.M. Stunich

#challenge #dedication #inspirational #motivational #perfection