Perfection And Imperfection Quotes

• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Being Yourself

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Robert H. Schuller (1996). “Your Positive Plan for Love and Happiness”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

  William Ellery Channing

  Eye, Perfection, Excellence

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• The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

  Arianna Huffington

  Mom, Mother, Wisdom

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• My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Wise, Blessing

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.46, A&C Black

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• It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.

  Samuel Johnson

  Eye, Perfection, May

  "The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes". Volume III,

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• To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection.

  Wayne Dyer

  Evil, Imperfection, Judgment

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• Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Reality, Perfect, Imperfection

  "Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen". Book by Shunryū Suzuki. Chapter: "Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There", p. 127, 2002.

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• We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

  Sam Keen

  Love, Friendship, Anniversary

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

  John Ruskin

  Expression, Imperfection, Vitality

  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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• The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

  Francois Fenelon

  People, Perfect, Quiet

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

  Alexander Hamilton

  Work, Men, Perfect

  Alexander Hamilton (1831). “The Federalist on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, with an Appendix Containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793”, p.435

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• This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Men, Perfection

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• Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.

  Geoffrey Fisher

  Inspirational, Moving, Perfection

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• If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

  Matthew Fox

  Beauty, Imperfection, Tree

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• Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life.

  John Ruskin

  Imperfection, Essentials, Knows

  John Ruskin (1854). “On the nature of Gothic architecture: and herein of the true functions of the workman in art. Being the greater part of the 6th chapter of the 2nd vol. of 'Stones of Venice'. [48 p.].”, p.14

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• The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

  Doug Larson

  Nice, Perfection, Joy

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• Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Humility, Perfection, Dull

  W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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• Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

  Voltaire

  Time, Hands, Goal

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  Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

  Salvador Dali

  Funny, Music, Sarcastic

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• It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspiring, Perfect, Excellence

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• Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Motivation, Axes, Perfection

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• Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspiration, Perfect, Excellence

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• The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Lying, Men

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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