Seed Leaves Homage to R. F. Here something stubborn comes,Dislodging the earth crumbsAnd making crusty rubble.it comes up bending double,And looks like a green staple.It could be seedling maple,Or artichoke, or bean.That remains to be...

I cursed myself. For once, heaven had sent me “Beauty” in its most perfected form and I abandoned it. She might not have been a girl after all but an angel: a force to guide...

AS IS” and I’ll take you that way, too.

Perfection”Every oak will lose a leaf to the wind.Every star-thistle has a thorn.Every flower has a blemish.Every wave washes back upon itself.Every ocean embraces a storm.Every raindrop falls with precision.Every slithering snail leaves its silver...

To spend your time trying to make your body flawless is to waste your time. Even if it appears to match some externalized ideals of perfection for a moment, your physical self will wrinkle and...

The Scholars”Bald heads forgetful of their sins,Old, learned, respectable bald headsEdit and annotate the linesThat young men, tossing on their beds,Rhymed out in love’s despairTo flatter beauty’s ignorant ear.They’ll cough in the ink to the...

My wife with the hair of a wood fireWith the thoughts of heat lightningWith the waist of an hourglassWith the waist of an otter in the teeth of a tigerMy wife with the lips of...

Let people be the pursuits of happiness, you be the pursuit of perfection.

I’m in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: 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...

How rude of me, we haven’t even introduced ourselves. We’re the Andersons. I’m Evan, the lovely size-zero lass in the floppy sun hat is my wife Amy, and these are our best friends/children, Evan and...

Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection of the mathematical reasoning involved and contrast it with the...

The question isn’t whether the world is perfect.The real question to consider is: If it were, would you still be in it?

Perfection of this human life happens when we take the responsibility to be and act as authentic Leaders in every life situation.

Humans are suspicious and jealous creatures. When they see something perfect, they want to find a flaw.

In this temporal existence, perfection is an illusion, regardless of those who believe in its concept. Perfection is devoid of any value. Perfection, after all, implies you’ve reached the zenith. There is no possibility or...

Friendships aren’t perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

Don’t mistake activity with achievement.

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. Though...

Never stop developing and perfecting your abilities, even if you have already achievedsignificant, visible results.

We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the call to greatness. We regard an interest in glory or perfection as a sign of mental unhealthiness, and have...

Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.

Self-love the perfect soil from which to grow love.

Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.

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

Every time I create something, whether an idea or a work of art, initially, its supposed completion seems absolutely perfect to me. However the more I think about it, stare it down, the more it...

Slow and steady wins the race.” Just try a little, every day. You’ll see.

Absolute perfection is insidious.

Perfection is an illusion. Allow yourself room to make mistakes and permission to be happy regardless of outcome.

It is true that a mathematician who is not somewhat of a poet, will never be a perfect mathematician.

If it looks a bit rough, a little worn, with little splotches – those have the swetest flavor. The ones that are perfect on the outside tend to be a bit more bland. That is...

Perfect grammar–persistent, continuous, sustained–is the fourth dimension, so to speak: many have sought it, but none has found it.

The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory of liberty born in that era, the seed of the idea, was perfect.More...

They say if you’re a better person today than you were yesterday you’re well on the road to perfection. So I figure if I’m a real snot today, tomorrow I should make huge progress.

Alexander moved her off him, laid her down, was over her, was pressed into her, crushing her. Anthony was right there, he didn’t care, he was trying to inhale her, trying to absorb her into...

Repetition is the mother of perfection.

Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality is…Spiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work.

I don’t live by other people’s time tables; I live by Gods.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time

Negativity is a natural part of your perfect self.

i was told i was conceited today…. but being conceited would imply that i see my self as being absolutely perfect…. but come on lets be real …….. EVERYONE KNOWS IM PERFECT.

Depression is evil. Before you know it, it takes over and there’s no escaping it.

Although images of perfection in people’s personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies ‘ ‘ ? utopian images ‘ ‘ ? can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to...

Love abounds where more attention is paid to your value and less to your shortcomings

There is desire in the perfect, beauty in the imperfect.Thus I lust over the flawless,and fall amorously forceless to the flawed.

In the end, perfection is just a concept – an impossibility we use to torture ourselves and that contradicts nature.

You can spit on a rose, but it’s still a rose.

It all starts with having a very clear picture and vision to what your ideal life looks like in every area, on and off the field, and once you have that vision, it will begin...

Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.