Quotes about Imperfection

Man in the flesh is essentially imperfect. He may be described as being made in the image of God but is far from being God.

I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

I am only human, although I regret it.

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

Although there is validity, I believe, in leaving a church where the leadership consistently presents false doctrine, I also see people who are offended by one remark from the pulpit or one perceived hurt flit to the next church to look for fault there. It's like the cartoon I saw of a skeleton dressed in women's clothes and sitting on a park bench; the caption read, 'Waiting for the perfect man.' There is no perfect church either.

Could it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect.

I'm not perfect. And who knows how many times I've fallen short. We all fall short. That's the amazing thing about the grace of God.

The human dilemma is this: God is Holy and we are not. God is Righteous and we are not.

It is far easier to be a Christian in isolation than it is to live out one's faith in the context of all those other imperfect people who make up God's church.

How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.