Quotes about per
perseverance spring blessing
Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations. Samuel Smiles
persons dies
The person who is worthiest to live, is fittest to die. Samuel Richardson
permit private-life interference
I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected. Vladimir Putin
perfect world this-world
There are always too few perfect breasts in this world; leave yours alone. William Goldman
perseverance animal order
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose. William Bartram
perfection use goodness
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal. William Ames
perfection joy contentment
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. William Ames
persistence wish world
Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence. William Arthur Ward
performances i-can originals
But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals. Warren Zevon
persistence quality needs
At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is what politicians, seducers and currency speculators have, but persistence is a quality found in termites. It's the blind drive to keep on working that persists after confidence breaks down. Walter Kirn
perception world imagine
We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them. And those preconceptions, unless education has made us acutely aware, govern deeply the whole process of perception. Walter Lippmann
perfect enemy excellence
Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.) Voltaire
perfection grace sublime
The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault. Voltaire
perfection perfect enemy
Perfect is the enemy of good. Voltaire
perfect originality imitation
A good imitation is the most perfect originality Voltaire
perception madness reason
What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them. Voltaire
perseverance determination way
A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about. William Feather
perfection people excellence
If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do. William Pollard
perspective live-for-others trouble
They who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to them small. Those who will live for themselves shall have small troubles, but they shall seem to them great. William Ralph Inge
perfection done theater
The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done William Hurt
persevere christianity missions
I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything. William Carey
personality style hot
Style, personality - deliberately adopted and therefore a mask - is the only escape from the hot-faced bargainers and money-changers. William Butler Yeats
personality opponents might
I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton. Wilhelm Steinitz
perfect secret today
My today is what I will to make it. I will to make it perfect... Walter Russell
perseverance men littles
Dignity, in private men and in governments, has been little else than a stately and stiff perseverance in oppression; and spirit, as it is called, little else than the foam of hard-mouthed insolence. Walter Savage Landor
perfect cooking brain
A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end. Walter Savage Landor
personality messy
There are parts of his life and personality that are extremely messy, and that's the truth Walter Isaacson
perseverance creativity character
But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance. William Julius Wilson
personality looks legs
I like carrots that have got a bit of personality and have three or four legs! They may look weird but they taste fantastic. William Katt
perfection
Perfection is not very communicative Yo-Yo Ma
perfection trying way
The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it. Winston Churchill
perfectionism paralysis spells
Perfectionism spells paralysis. Winston Churchill
perseverance persevere conquer
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. Winston Churchill