#perfection

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

So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to perfection in American pictures. They were naive, they were that something completely different. They were completely Art-less. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#completely #different #form #formed #found

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it. ↗

— James Stephens

#finality #lumps #nothing #perfect #perfection

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

— Antonio Tabucchi

#doubt #intellectuals #job #perfection #writers

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#another #good #good action #goodness #make

However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#excuse #getting #getting started #however #never

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco. ↗

— Emile Zola

#having #i #myself #nuisance #often

Perhaps a past of bingeing, restricting, or purging comes back to haunt you from time to time. Maybe you have to fight hard battles against vanity, gluttony, and shame. But with God’s saving power, every new day is a gift, an opportunity to detach yourself from tormenting thoughts about food or how you look and to attach yourself to God. Remember, we all hunger for God, more than we hunger for a big bowl of ice cream or a perfect physique. ↗

— Kate Wicker

#catholic #christian #detachment #eating-disorder #faith

yearning n. and adj. At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect. ↗

— David Levithan

#perfection #love