Life is not in having and getting, but in being and becoming.

Quote by Matthew Arnold

Topics: Self Actualization Quotes

Greatness is a spiritual condition.

Greatness is a spiritual condition.

Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery

Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the...

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the...

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Miracles do not happen. .

Miracles do not happen. .

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of...

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

To their right praise and true perfection!

To their right praise and true perfection!

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have,...

People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have,...

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfectionism is slow death

Perfectionism is slow death

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face,...

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face,...

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

Every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment

Every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment