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.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Trifles go to make perfection, And perfection is no trifle.

Trifles go to make perfection, And perfection is no trifle.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals read more

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.