Perfectionist Quotes

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

  Salvador Dali

  Funny, Music, Sarcastic

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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'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

  Michael Jackson

  Who I Am, Perfection, Excellence

  "Godfather Director Gets Good Rap". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.foxnews.com. February 10, 1993.

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• I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

  Luciano Pavarotti

  Thinking, Perfection, Excellence

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

  Harriet B. Braiker

  Motivational, Women, Memorable

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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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• A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

  John Henry Newman

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Motivational Sports

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• Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.

  Jack Nicholson

  Writing, Mean, Perfect

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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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• But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

  Andy Hertzfeld

  Leadership, Passion, Thinking

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• Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.

  Vincent Cassel

  Letting Go, Perfection, Good Advice

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• The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

  Matthew Arnold

  Light, Perfection, Pursuit

  Culture and Anarchy ch. 1 (1869) See Swift 1

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• I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Successful, Thinking, People

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• I'm a perfectionist, so I always feel there's room for improvement.

  Ludacris

  Perfection, Excellence, Rooms

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

  Voltaire

  Time, Hands, Goal

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• Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

  Louis Auchincloss

  Perfection, Excellence, Fiction

  1965 Pioneers and Caretakers: A Study of Nine American Women Novelists.

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• It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Perfection, Realising

  1891 Intentions, 'The Critic as Artist'.

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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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• I don't believe in perfection. I don't think it exists.

  Mila Kunis

  Believe, Thinking, Perfection

  "Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis dish Black Swan". Interview with Lynn Barker, www.sheknows.com. November 30, 2010.

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• Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

  Criss Jami

  Patience, Passion, Persistence

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.100, Criss Jami

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• Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

  Confucius

  Life, Success, Mistake

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• Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I don't think there's such a thing as an evil animal.

  Alex Colville

  Animal, Thinking, Evil

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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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