The closest you can get to perfection is to try to be perfect.

   Disclaimer: This thought might be a nod to those who say we cannot become perfect. Actually, I do believe we can become perfect. We aren't born perfect, and we don't go through life perfect. But, I believe there can come a point in our lives where we are. Christ came to the Earth not only to atone for our sins, but to provide an example to us. What manner of man ought ye be? Even as I, he said. His example shows that if he can do it, it is possible. His example means we can achieve it. He wasn't an example of imperfection, but of perfection. If we believe in his example, let us believe we can achieve it.  

(Index: Quotes, albeit I don't know that this is worthy of being a quote.)