Imperfection Quotes - Page 5

• My teacher once told me – ”No one is perfect……..that is why pencils have erasers.”

  Mahesh Bhatt

  Teacher, Perfect One, Perfection

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• It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Live By

  "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers".

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  It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.

  Bob Ross

  Beautiful, Unique, Different

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• For me, when I want to be emotionally moved by a vocal, I don't want to hear auto tune on it, I want to hear the beautiful imperfections.

  Eric Benet

  Beautiful, Auto Tune, Tunes

  "Eric Benet Interview: New Album, Staying Authentic, Passion for R&B, Potential Project with Tamia". Youknowigotsoul.com Interview, youknowigotsoul.com. October 5, 2016.

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• Life is full of many unpredictable changes... Let go of chaos yesterday; cheerfully live for today, and look forward to tomorrow with greater possibilities... It's our imperfections that make us perfect in our own unique ways

  Oprah Winfrey

  Letting Go, Unique, Yesterday

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• Imperfection is a core dimension of freedom.

  Yochai Benkler

  Dimensions, Core

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• Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Lying, Keys, Weakness

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• We're only here for one reason: to wake up... To realize yourself doesn't mean you are perfect as a human being. It means you are willing to bear the imperfections and not sell out to them.

  Eli Jaxon-Bear

  Mean, Perfect, Wake Up

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• To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.

  John Abercrombie

  Funny, Inspiring, Creative

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• They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Mistake, Good Friend

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• Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Self, Perfection

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.68, A&C Black

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• To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

  John Ruskin

  Expression, Vitality, Checks

  John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg (1964). “The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings”, p.184, University of Virginia Press

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• Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.

  Colleen McCullough

  Perfection, Dull

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• A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

  Joseph Addison

  Inspiration, Critics, Ought

  'The Spectator' no. 291, 2 February 1712.

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• Adventures are what happens when an event is flawed, a mark of imperfection.

  Kij Johnson

  Adventure, Events, Mark

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• Existence is an imperfection.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Existence

  Jean-Paul Sartre (2013). “Nausea”, p.93, New Directions Publishing

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• Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

  John Legend

  Love You, Curves, Perfect

  Song: All Of Me, Album: Love in the Future, 2013

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• Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Attractive, Owners

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.27, Macmillan

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• The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.

  Tara Brach

  Anxiety, Taught, Century

  Tara Brach (2012). “Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame”, p.21, Random House

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• Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms.

  Frank Herbert

  Art, Perfection, Form

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.86, Penguin

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• The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

  Jeff Bezos

  Success, Business, Entrepreneur

  "Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

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• Our divine perfection - not registered by the physical eye but only by the heart’s knowing - is who we truly are. Our mortal imperfections - registered by the physical senses - are not who we truly are. Yet we keep trying, in love, to find each other’s perfection within the world of imperfection. And it simply is not there.

  Marianne Williamson

  Heart, Eye, Knowing

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Jun 03, 2013

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• If you find it difficult to love the human in someone, then love the divine in him. The divine in him is God. God exists in that person just as God exists in you. To love God is extremely easy because God is divine and perfect. Each time you look at an individual, if you can consciously become aware of God's existence in him, then you will not be disturbed by his or her imperfections or limitations.

  Sri Chinmoy

  God, Perfect, Looks

  "The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace".

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• A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. Think of it as the altar of the Muse Oblivion, to whom you sacrifice your botched first drafts, the tokens of your human imperfection.

  Margaret Atwood

  Writing, Sacrifice, Thinking

  Margaret Atwood (2006). “Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005”, p.107, Basic Books

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