The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

To reform a world to reform a nation no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know that the only solid though a far slower reformation is what each begins and perfects on himself.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Choose silence of all virtues for by it you hear other men's imperfections and conceal your own.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men who are after all imperfect instruments working for their fulfilment.

Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts.

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.

My marriage? Up to now everything's okay. But it's a real marriage - imperfect and very difficult. It's all about people evolving somewhat simultaneously through their lives. I think we've emotionally evolved.

My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is but I happen to be imperfect. However that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.

It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off check that box off and move forward.

I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar and my fans would not respect me if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other we have fun together - it's great.

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect but you can be perfect for each other.

It was a perfect marriage. She didn't want to and he couldn't.

Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

At the end of the day you know love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.

What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold clear night made brilliant by a glorious star the smell of incense shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby the incarnation of perfect love.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

We love but once for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead of creating the perfect love.

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances making decisions and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.