Not Being Perfect Quotes

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

  Kevyn Aucoin

  Mistake, Perfection, Faces

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

  Mario Testino

  Fashion, People, Perfection

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

  Drew Barrymore

  Inspirational, Perfect, Worry

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

  Hugh Mackay

  Relationship, Perfect, Dating

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• I'm pretty comfortable with my body. I'm imperfect. The imperfections are there. People are going to see them, but I take the view you only live once.

  Kate Hudson

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

  Interview With Nigel Farndale, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 17, 2010.

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• Creativity is often blocked by trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

  Tony Robbins

  Art, Mistake, Creativity

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Oct 24, 2011

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• Perfection isn't human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love--and I mean love, not lust--is the imperfection of the human being. So, when the imperfection of the real person peaks through, say, 'This is a challenge to my compassion.' Then make a try, and something might begin to get going.

  Joseph Campbell

  Love, Real, Mean

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• The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

  Alden Nowlan

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Wise

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• Nobody has a perfect life. What you see on the screen is the best of the artist.

  Rene Angelil

  Life, Artist, Perfect

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