Quotes about Imperfection

But it seems to me to be an imperfection in things of beauty, and a weakness in man, if an explanation from the shallow-side has a destructive effect. The horror which we feel for Freudian interpretations is entirely due to our own barbaric or childish naivete, which believes that there can be heights without corresponding depths, and which blinds us to the really "final" truth that, when carried to extremes, opposites meet.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. And sometimes you have to find those happy places in between the pain.

So you made some bad choices. Some of God's best players were His imperfect, broken prodigals. In fact, iffy players are God's best picks. He specializes in short-tempered, reckless, flawed people to accomplish his plans.

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. Sometimes you have to find the happy places between the pain.

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. Sometimes you have to find the happy places between the pain.

No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.

Wanted all my questions answered and everything wrapped and tied with a bow. But life is not neat bows and nice packages. Life is messy and you don't get all your questions answered.

In your life, where are you not making mistakes? Sometimes if there's no mess, there's no change happening.

None of us ever gets to be in relationship with a finished person. God's redemptive work of change is ongoing in all our lives.

A perfect thing is not everything.

It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection.