Not Being Perfect Quotes

• I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.

  Kerry Washington

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Kerry Washington's Aha! Moment". www.oprah.com.

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• Progress is more important than perfection.

  Simon Sinek

  Perfection, Progress, Important

  Twitter post from Jun 07, 2011

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• Life is not perfect. It never will be. You just have to make the very best of it, and you have to open your heart to what the world can show you; and sometimes it's terrifying, and sometimes it's incredibly beautiful, and I'll take both. Thanks.

  Graham Nash

  Life, Beautiful, Heart

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• The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.

  Simon Sinek

  Perfect, Goal, Today

  Twitter post from Jun 26, 2012

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• I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.

  John Green

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Amy Mek‏ @AmyMek, twitter.com. June 4, 2015.

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• And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

  John Steinbeck

  Inspiring, Encouragement, I Hate You

  John Steinbeck (2001). “Novels, 1942-1952”

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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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• Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Perfect Guy, Reggae

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• I forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the very best way I know how.

  Louise Hay

  Perfect, Forgiving, Way

  Louise Hay (2016). “Mirror Work: 21 Days to Heal Your Life”, p.92, Hay House, Inc

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• I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

  Joyce Meyer

  Mistake, Heart, Perfect

  Twitter post from May 6, 2015

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• 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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• Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craining their necks. Everybody has marks on their bodies from years of living- a trail of life left on them. Evidence of all the adventures and sleepless nights and practical jokes and heartbreaks that had made them who they are.

  Katherine Center

  Smile, Heartbreak, Adventure

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• Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Inspirational, God, Hate

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• 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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• Perfection itself is imperfection.

  Vladimir Horowitz

  Perfection, Imperfection, Pianist

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• Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Life, Motivational, Change

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• Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

  Isaac Mizrahi

  People, Worry, Perfection

  FaceBook post by Isaac Mizrahi from Apr 18, 2011

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• Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Life, Being Yourself, Positivity

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• Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring

  Mario Testino

  Fashion, People, Perfection

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• Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

  Hugh Mackay

  Relationship, Perfect, Dating

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• Releasing guilt is like removing a huge weight from your shoulders. Guilt is released through the empowering thought of love and respect for yourself. Let go of standards of perfection and refuse to use up the precious currency of your life, the now, with thoughts that continue to frustrate and weaken you. Instead, vow to be better than you used to be, which is the true test of nobility.

  Wayne Dyer

  Letting Go, Perfection, Empowering

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Oct 06, 2015

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• There's no such thing as perfect people. There's no such thing as a perfect life. So come as you are, broken and scarred. Lift up your heart and be amazed and be changed by a perfect God.

  Natalie Grant

  Life, Change, God

  Song: Perfect People, Album: Relentless

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• When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most.

  Drew Barrymore

  Inspirational, Perfect, Worry

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• Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

  Kevyn Aucoin

  Mistake, Perfection, Faces

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• When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.

  Winona Ryder

  Confused, Perfect, Feelings

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