Robert Hillyer famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world.
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The best way is to forget doubts and set about the task in hand. . . .
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Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world. The best way is to forget doubts and set about the task in hand. . . . If you are doing your best, you will not have time to worry about failure.
-- Robert Hillyer
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There is always a but in this imperfect world.
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I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.
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Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.
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I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life.
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You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.
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A divided heart loses both worlds.
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As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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