Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.
The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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