Charlotte Bronte Quotes

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man.

I am human, and of course I can make mistakes, even if nobody allows them.

Only gods can safely risk perfection ... it's a dangerous thing for a man.

Nothing is perfect on the human stage.

To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature.

No one's walking around here perfect. Everyone's gonna make mistakes. That's part of how you learn.

The wisdom of men is worth little or nothing.

If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.

So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.

I believe there is no one deeper, lovelier, more sympathetic and more perfect than Jesus.

There's no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you're sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.

If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?

The problem with people is that they're only human.

I'm not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren't perfect.

Money is a bad god. People are a bad god. They don't have the power to do what God can do.

It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?

A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.

Ugly reports and conversations are always available to those who would promote the sordid and sensational. None of us are yet perfect. We each have failings that aren't terribly difficult to detect especially if that is the aim.

Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is always allowed to it in theory; for while every one well knows himself to be fallible, few think it necessary to take any precautions against their own fallibility.

I do not believe in evil- I believe that we are human and fallible, that we things and spoil them in an ordinary way.