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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed read more
Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed is to make any' good' choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take read more
The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of read more
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of read more
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
