See also: Holiness; Mistakes<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Neglect nothing; the most trivial action may be performed to God.<\/p>\n
Angelique Arnauld<\/i><\/p>\n
Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.<\/p>\n
Catherine of Siena<\/i><\/p>\n
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.<\/p>\n
Antoine de Saint Exupery<\/i><\/p>\n
Christian perfection has but one limit, that of having none.<\/p>\n
Gregory of Nyssa<\/i><\/p>\n
The farther a man knows himself to be from perfection, the nearer he is to it!<\/p>\n
Gerard Groote<\/i><\/p>\n
The crucified state is necessary for us,is good, is best and safest and will bring us more sooner to the height of perfection.<\/p>\n
Jean Nicholas Grou<\/i><\/p>\n
The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.<\/p>\n
Hazlitt<\/i><\/p>\n
There is no such thing as completed or perfect holiness in this life. Progress yes! Perfection no!<\/p>\n
Erroll Hulse<\/i><\/p>\n
Perfection does not lie in the virtues that the soul knows it has, but in the virtues that our Lord sees in it. This is a closed book; hence one has no reason for presumption, but must remain prostrate on the ground with respect to self.<\/p>\n
John of the Cross<\/i><\/p>\n
If you desire to be perfect, sell your will, give it to the poor in spirit, come to Christ in meekness and humility, and follow him to Calvary and the sepulcher.<\/p>\n
John of the Cross<\/i><\/p>\n
Twelve stars for reaching the highest perfection: love of God, love of neighbor, obedience, chastity, poverty, attendance at choir, penance, humility, mortification, prayer, silence, peace.<\/p>\n
John of the Cross<\/i><\/p>\n
No saint on earth can be fully perfect and pure.<\/p>\n
Martin Luther<\/i><\/p>\n
A glad spirit attains to perfection more quickly than any other.<\/p>\n
Philip Neri<\/i><\/p>\n
None of us has lived up to the teachings of Christ.<\/p>\n
Eleanor Roosevelt<\/i><\/p>\n
The plain truth is that there is no literal and absolute perfection among true Christians, so long as they are in the body.<\/p>\n
J.C. Ryle<\/i><\/p>\n
Have we ever seen holier man then the martyred John Bradford, or Hooker, or Usher, or Baxter, or Rutherford, or M\u2019Cheyne? Yet no one can read the writings and letters of these men without seeing that they felt themselves \u201cdebtors to mercy and grace\u201d every day, and the very last thing they ever laid claim to was perfection!<\/p>\n
J.C. Ryle<\/i><\/p>\n
I have yet to learn that there is a single passage in Scripture which teaches that a literal perfection, a complete and entire freedom from sin, in thought, or word, or deed, is attainable, or has ever been attained, by any child of Adam in this world.<\/p>\n
J.C. Ryle<\/i><\/p>\n
The fact that perfection is beyond our reach, should not diminish the fervor of our desire after it.<\/p>\n
C.H. Spurgeon<\/i><\/p>\n
Either in spirit, or motive, or lack of zeal, or lack of discretion, we are faulty.<\/p>\n
C.H. Spurgeon<\/i><\/p>\n
An absolutely holy man is a being whom I expect to see in heaven, but not in this poor fallen world.<\/p>\n
C.H. Spurgeon<\/i><\/p>\n
Perfection stands in a man offering all his heart wholly to God, not seeking himself or his own will, either in great things or in small, in time or in eternity, but abiding always unchanged and always yielding to God equal thanks for things pleasing and displeasing, weighing them all in one same balance, as in His love.<\/p>\n
Thomas \u00e0 Kempis<\/i><\/p>\n
[Perfection] is the devoting, not a part but all our soul, body and substance to God.<\/p>\n
John Wesley<\/i><\/p>\n
The only way to perfection is, to live in the presence of God.<\/p>\n
Thomas Wilson<\/i><\/p>\n
Demand perfection of yourself and you\u2019ll seldom attain it. Fear of making a mistake is the biggest single cause of making one. Relax \u2013 pursue excellence, not perfection.<\/p>\n
Bud Winter<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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