Quotes about Perfection
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
— Hebrews 7:19
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
— Hebrews 10:1
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
— Hebrews 10:14
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
— Hebrews 11:40
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
— James 1:17
You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.
— James 2:22
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
— James 3:2
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
— Jude 1:24
I'm tired of having such a happy, perfect life. And that can only be a sign of mental illness. That's what I fall asleep thinking. Perhaps I really do have a serious problem.
— Paulo Coelho
There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both new and perfect.
— Leon Battista Alberti
Creativity is often blocked by trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
— Tony Robbins
Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature.
— Ellen Glasgow