Striving For Perfection Quotes

• Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

  Harriet B. Braiker

  Motivational, Women, Memorable

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• There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perfection

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• Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

  Laurence Olivier

  Perfection, Excellence, Waste

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• Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  President Robert Robbins' Installation Speech, president.arizona.edu. November 29, 2017.

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• I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

  Michael J. Fox

  Work, Inspirational Life, Self Esteem

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Salvador Dali

  Funny, Music, Sarcastic

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  If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.198, Ballantine Books

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• Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

  Laurence Olivier

  Perfection, Excellence, Excuse

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• Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.

  William Shakespeare

  Perfection, Mars, Strive

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The Plays of William Shakspeare ...”, p.436

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• Strive for excellence, not perfection.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Life, Perfection, Excellence

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.35, Thomas Nelson Inc

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  Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.72, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile.

  Ed Bliss

  Perfection, Excellence, Alternatives

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• Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Nba, Perfection

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• This toxic striving for perfection is a female thing. How many men obsess about being perfect? For men, generally, good enough is good enough.

  Jane Fonda

  Men, Perfect, Toxic

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• The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Leadership, Athlete

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• Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

  Julia Cameron

  Perfection, Trying, Quests

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.160, Penguin

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• If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Attitude, Excellence, Littles

  "The Powell Principles". Book by Oren Harari, 2003.

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• Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

  Samuel McChord Crothers

  Acceptance, Perfection, Trying

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• Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

  Colin Powell

  Attitude, Perfection, Excellence

  Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

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• Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony.

  Edward Abbey

  Symphony, Perfect, Strive

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.41, RosettaBooks

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• To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Work, Teaching, Learning

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is no such thing as the perfect picture. That's the challenge of photography. I was always striving for perfection, even though I knew I could never achieve it. But it kept me reaching for something.

  Phil Stern

  Photography, Perfect, Challenges

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• Strive for perfection in everything you do.

  Henry Royce

  Engineering, Perfection, Strive

  "I Know You Got Soul". Rolls-Royce, p. 19. Book by Jeremy Clarkson, 2004.

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