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

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.

Walter Lippmann

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

Welsh proverb

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

William Falconer

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.

William Faulkner

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

William Hazlitt

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

William Law

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."

Winston Churchill

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Winston Churchill

I feel about New York as a child whose father is a bank robber. Not perfect, but I still love him.

Woody Allen

I believe you have to keep the theological standard high; the Lord said, 'Be perfect,' and the leaders have to be striving for that standard with all there is in them.

Adrian Rogers

Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are rightly found only and completely in him.

Augustine

God seems to do nothing of Himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures. He commands us to do slowly and blunderingly what He could do perfectly and in the twinkling of an eye.

C. S. Lewis

... hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin or your selfishness. But in that casket safe, dark, motionless, airless it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable...The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers...of love is Hell.

C. S. Lewis

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

Doug Larson

Nothing can be stated so perfectly as not to be misunderstood.

Philip Melanchthon

There is nothing you can to do make God love you more! There is nothing you can do to make God love you less! His love is Unconditional, Impartial, Everlasting, Infinite, Perfect!

Richard C. Halverson

The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.

Edwin Bliss

I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

W. T. Sherman

4696. Cross Choices

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... to preserve domestic peace. “The day we married ten years ago,” he said, “we decided that all important decisions should be made by me. Small decisions were left to my wife.” When his friends asked him how it had worked out, he replied, “Perfectly, there hasn’t been a single hitch in the entire ten years. Of course,” he added, “no important decision has come up yet.” The challenge of human existence is that life is made up of decisions, insignificant or crucial, mundane or complex. As ...

4697. I Painted That

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The American painter, John Sargent, once painted a panel of roses that was highly praised by critics. It was a small picture, but it approached perfection. Although offered a high price for it on many occasions, Sargent refused to sell it. He considered it his best work and was very proud of it. Whenever he was deeply discouraged and doubtful of his abilities as an artist, he would look at it and remind himself, "I painted that." Then his confidence and ability would come back to him.

4698. God's Pearls

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Staff

... Think about the oyster. It takes a grain of sand and turns it into a beautiful pearl. Too often we are just the opposite. We take pearls and turn them into grains of sand. Or at least we see them that way. God said to Paul, "My strength is made perfect in your weakness." We are all as grains of sand from which God gradually and beautifully shapes us into pearls of white. Yet each pearl is formed in its own unique way, with its own flaws, its own ridges, its own character. As Christians, we must learn to see ...

4699. Rest in Peace

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A four-year-old and a six-year-old presented their Mom with a house plant. They had used their own money and she was thrilled. The older of them said with a sad face, "There was a bouquet that we wanted to give you at the flower shop. It was real pretty, but it was too expensive. It had a ribbon on it that said, 'Rest In Peace,' and we thought it would be just perfect since you are always asking for a little peace so that you can rest."

4700. Welcome, Inc.

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... can label us as hypocrites because we try to present ourselves as “holier-than-thou” “super-Christians” who never stumble. That simply isn’t reality. The bumper sticker I have on display in my office expresses the true situation: “Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven.” Always remembering that we are forgiven sinner-saints is the proper welcoming and welcome-able attitude to have. It is the attitude that brings welcome relief and allows others to respond to Jesus Christ and become part of ...

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

Voltaire

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.

W. Somerset Maugham

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.

Walter Lippmann

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

Welsh proverb

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

William Falconer

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.

William Faulkner

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

William Hazlitt

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

William Law

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."

Winston Churchill

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Winston Churchill

I feel about New York as a child whose father is a bank robber. Not perfect, but I still love him.

Woody Allen

I believe you have to keep the theological standard high; the Lord said, 'Be perfect,' and the leaders have to be striving for that standard with all there is in them.

Adrian Rogers

Augustine

God seems to do nothing of Himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures. He commands us to do slowly and blunderingly what He could do perfectly and in the twinkling of an eye.

C. S. Lewis

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

Doug Larson

Nothing can be stated so perfectly as not to be misunderstood.

Philip Melanchthon

There is nothing you can to do make God love you more! There is nothing you can do to make God love you less! His love is Unconditional, Impartial, Everlasting, Infinite, Perfect!

Richard C. Halverson

The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.

Edwin Bliss

I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

W. T. Sherman

4696. Cross Choices

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

4697. I Painted That

Illustration

Staff