Sentences with phrase «greater standards of perfection»

That may sound self - evident, but too many people skip this step and try to make themselves happy by chasing ever - higher goals, or holding themselves to ever - greater standards of perfection.

Not exact matches

Having befriended a lot of pastors» kids, I know that pastors and their families are often held to impossibly high standards that leave them constantly striving for perfection and subjected to great scrutiny.

The objects of the Club shall be: (a) to encourage and promote quality in the breeding of purebred Great Danes and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; (b) to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by the American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Great Danes shall be judged; (c) to do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows and obedience trials; (d) to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows and obedience trials under the rules and Regulations of the American Kennel Club.

The Dalmatian Club of Greater New York is one of about 35 regional clubs affiliated with the Dalmatian Club of America.Our purpose is to encourage and promote the Dalmatian breed and to do all that is possible to bring their natural qualitites to perfection; urging members to accept the Standard of the Breed, as approved by the American Kennel Club, and to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials and special events.

On the road toward that perfection, you will, of course, be graded harshly — either by failing the song entirely, or working up from standard, to great, and then to excellent and finally, perfect.