Perfection Quotes | Sayings for the pursuit of perfection

Practice makes perfect but then nobody is perfect so what’s the point of practicing?

Never fake yourself just to look perfect because perfection is never real and reality is never perfect.

I’m not a perfect girl. My hair doesn’t always stay in place and I spill things a lot. I’m pretty clumsy and sometimes I have a broken heart. My friends and I sometimes fight and some days nothing goes right. But when I think about it and take a step back I remember how amazing life truly is and that maybe. Just maybe. I like being imperfect!

I owe no explanations for my flaws. I don’t have to justify my mistakes, my past, or my insecurities. I am growing and learning. Let me live.

Remind yourself that it’s okay not to be perfect.

Nothing perfect lasts forever, except in our memories.

People say: “Find good people and leave the bad ones.” But I say, find the good in people and ignore the bad in them. Because “No one is perfect”.

The perfect time to start something never arrives.

I smile like nothing’s wrong, talk like everything’s perfect, act like it’s all a dream, and pretend that it’s not hurting me.

You don’t have to be perfect, to be perfect for someone.

If practice makes perfect and no one is perfect, why practice?

A real girl isn’t PERFECT…&& A PERFECT girl isn’t REAL!!

Perfection is only for God.

You’re not going to always say and do the right things, and that’s fine. You’re not here to be perfect, but to be real.

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
– Napoleon Hill

The person you love is the one who comes when you don’t even ask.

If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

Society taught me that no matter what size I am, I will never be good enough. I’ll always be too skinny, too fat, too short, too tall…Too this, too that.

Perfect women are always found in dreams but never in reality

I may not be pretty, skinny, or funny. I do mess up. I made some bad choices. I told some lies, my whole life is a lie. I made some bad friends. I did some things I shouldn’t have. But I’m not perfect, I never was an I never will be. I may not be perfect but I am me.

I might not be someone’s first choice, but I am a great choice. I don’t pretend to be someone I’m not, because I’m good at being me. I might not be proud of some of the things I’ve done in the past, but I’m proud of who I am today. I may not be perfect, but I don’t need to be. I am the way God made me. Take me as I am or watch me as I walk away.

The beauty of imperfection is the possibility for improvement.

If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.
– Gerard Way

No one is perfect… That’s why pencils have erasers.

Waiting for the perfect girl? Idiot, even if you find her she’ll be waiting for the perfect man.

True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.
– Bohdi Sanders

I’m not a perfect person, I make a lot of mistakes but still I love those people who stay with me after knowing how I really am.

You want a perfect girl?…..GO BUY YOURSELF A BARBIE DOLL!

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I’m not perfect and I don’t live to be but before you start pointing fingers…make sure you hands are clean!
– Bob Marley

I may not be perfect but at least I’m real. That’s good enough for me. I don’t have to impress anyone. And I definitely don’t have to reach perfection. This is me. Deal with it.

Never walk away from someone when you see faults, be patient and realize that nobody is perfect, it’s affection that matters, not perfection!!!

Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.

No one is perfect… That’s why pencils have erasers.

Want to find a perfect person for you?
Be contented.

I’m sorry I couldn’t reach your expectations and I’m sorry I didn’t turn out to be the perfect daughter you wanted but guess what, mom? I turned out to be the best person I could be and the best person I never thought I could become. And if that isn’t good enough for you then I don’t know what is.

I’m not saying I’m perfect; in fact I know I’m far from it; I’m just saying I’m worth it.

Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it.
– Wayne Dyer

Imperfections are what makes you and I so perfect in the long run.

Nobody’s perfect, get over the fact and be yourself.

Perfection is what you see it as, not what others make it as.

Perfection happens when you find the perfection within your imperfections.

Some say “Find the good people and ignore the bad ones.” but really it’s “Find the good in people and ignore the bad in them.” Nobody’s perfect.

If the world was perfect today. There would be no need for tomorrow.

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.
– Seth Godin

I’m not perfect, none of us are, That’s why I have never once claimed to be. So, tell me how it is that I can constantly be judged by my peers who are just as imperfect as me!

Nobodys perfect
Im a nobody
Therfore I must be perfect…

You’ll never be perfect. But you’ll always be unique.

Perfection is in they eye of the beholder.

Perfection is God’s business. We are human.

I’m perfectly imperfect!

Before you start pointing out others flaws you better have none.

A man is not perfect if he doesn’t improve.

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
– Doug Larson

When there is noise and crowds, there is trouble; when everything is silent and perfect, there is just perfection and nothing to fill the air.
– Dejan Stojanovic

You will never be perfect if you tell someone you are perfect

Never say “I can’t” because you can and you will it takes practice to make perfect.

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.
– Criss Jami

I’m Not Perfect… I’m Just Better Than You.

But things can’t be perfect all the time, that I know, sometimes we just have to let some things go.

If I waited for perfection I would never write a word.
– Margaret Atwood

Nothing or no one is perfect. We are all imperfect but its those imperfections that what makes us perfect

Everyone is perfect. We are just perfect in the eyes of different people.

If you are perfect. You haven’t lived.You know why?
Because you never learn anything because you are so perfect.
Because you never felt sadness and rejection.
Because you are perfect no one will be good enough for you
Because you are perfect I don’t want to be like you. I like to work hard for something and feel pride. Because you are perfect you won’t be able to live through the things that normal human beings would.
I don’t want be perfect because all these things are a part of life.

Nobody’s perfect, but I’m so close it scares me! :p

True perfection is in all the little imperfections.

Strive for progress not perfection.

It’s you I want to spend the rest of my life with, no one else. I don’t care if you’re not perfect because it’s your imperfections that make you perfect for me. <3.

You need to realise all your flaws before you can take your first step towards perfection.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
– John Ruskin

Perfection is the child of time.
– Joseph Hall

No one becomes perfect, but some become great.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
– Joseph Addison

Everyone is perfect, I can see it. If you cant, you will someday. Everything is how it should be, once you find freedom the perfect person for you will appear. How do I know, it just happened to me. Be love :- )

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
– William Faulkner

If you wait for everything to be perfect, you will end up doing nothing.

You lose more life trying to optimize everything than just living it.
– Alex Hormozi

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
– Saint Augustine

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
– Baruch Spinoza

Perfection. The ultimate illusion. We fall to its falseness thrive upon its existence and try to achieve it.

Perfection. What makes girls starve themselves, cry at night, and fall into deep depression.

Perfection. It distorts our reflections, how we see ourselves how we view the world. Shatter this illusion and leave nothing but the truth.

If perfect is what you’re searching for then just stay the same.
– Bruno Mars

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can’t accept your imperfections, that’s their fault.
– David M. Burns

“there is no a perfect girl or a perfect man but there is a right girl and a right man for each of us”

Flawless is boring unless it’s a diamond.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.
– Thomas Carlyle

Don’t dream of being perfect, work for excellence instead.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
– Vince Lombardi

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
– William Ellery Channing

If you work hard on something, it’s still not perfect, just better than before.

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
– Oscar Wilde

We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery.
– Dejan Stojanovic

I’m not perfect. You are not perfect. We are not perfect. So be contented what you have.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint- Exupery

The best perfection is imperfection

People need to look in the mirror at their own imperfections before they start pointing out other people’s imperfections. It’s simple to see what’s wrong with others. The challenge is to figure out what’s wrong with you.

Perfection does not exist – you can always do better and you can always grow.
– Les Brown

Mr. And Mrs. Perfect Never Met.

Don’t let perfect be enemy of the good.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.
– Rene Descartes

If everyone was perfect, we would all be boring, it’s our flaws that really make us ourselves.
– Chloe Elise Baul

If People Reach Perfection They Vanish, You Know?

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
– Matthew Arnold

An artist never completes his work, he merely abandons it.

We all dismiss happiness as we strive for perfection.

Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect.
– Dejan Stojanovic

Never judge me, I am born to be awesome (not perfect)!!

YOu aRe suRely nOt perfeCt…
sO doN’t looK foR a perfeCt oNe!!!
aLL oS uS cAn mAke mistAkes,,,
iF yOu dOn’t tHeN you’Re nOt a humAn…

There is no such thing as perfect, yet everyone is perfect in their own way.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
– Salvador DalĂ­

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
– Josh Billings

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
– Dante Alighieri

Nobody is perfect… But I’m pretty close!

I am not perfect. Are you? Let us accept the fact that nobody is perfect. Let us learn to accept our imperfections as well as those of others.
– RVM

Do you expect to find a perfect someone – when you know that including yourself, that perfect someone doesn’t exist?
In any case, life would be boring with perfection by your side – lack of challenge and, to think of how tough it would be to keep up with this perfect person!! You’d feel like the loser every time!

Practice does not make perfection…It makes improvement. Only God is perfect.

I know I’m not perfect – my flaws make me interesting.

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.
– Shelby Foote

Perfection has probably got 1000 definitions but why define something that doesn’t even exist.

Why do we need to practice if there is nobody perfect in this world.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

The principal mark of a genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
– Arthur Koestler

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
– John Henry Newman

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
– William Law

I don’t confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement.
– Lois McMaster Bujold

Perfection is like Normality, it doesn’t exist!

Perfection is an imperfection in itself.

Perfection Is A Wish That Will Never Come True…

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
– Anna Quindlen

He who waits for perfection waits and doesnt do

Perfection doesn’t exist

One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist…Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.
– Stephen Hawking

No one would love you for being perfect
it’s like no one hates you for being imperfect

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
– Max Beerbohm

I’m may not be perfect but I am me.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
– George Eliot

Perfection is my willingness to be less than perfect.
– Greg Clowminzer, Zen Master

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
– Oscar Wilde

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
– Vince Lombardi Jr.

Perfection requires a touch of madness.

The perfection of imperfection is the closest anyone can ever come to perfection.

If everything and everyone was perfect, we’d all be bored…

Perfection is like a beautiful woman… You’ll never get her because you’re married to reality.

Perfection is not the same in everyone’s eyes, perfection is the desire within ourselves to find “the one” and “the one” is perfect to you but not to others.
Perfection is what one wants and needs and others shall not see because their view on perfection shall always be different.

Reality, and imperfections are what gives you wisdom. Be a little worried if your life seems a little perfect.

What is the point in reaching perfection? For once you have it there will be nothing else to live for.

If perfect girls aren’t real, why bother breaking unperfect girls hearts?

When I see perfection, I gaze at it for awhile.
When I get tired, I put the mirror down.

I don’t know a perfect person, I only know flawed people who are worth loving.
– John Green

Three problems with trying to be perfect: It’s unachievable; it won’t retroactively resolve your childhood issues; and, everyone resents “perfect” people.
– Alan Robert Neal

Perfection isn’t something you feel or do. Perfection isn’t beauty or pain. Perfection is believing in you. Perfection is knowing that what was once lost can be gained. Perfection is not getting an A+ on your exams. Hold on to your memories because life has a whole bunch else in store.

Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way.
– Paul Arden

There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves.
– Eugene Kennedy

You are not damaged, you are a perfect imperfection.

There is no such thing as an easy and joyful life. There is no such thing as a peaceful and perfect life.
– Dr T.P.Chia

Everything is perfect. It just depends the way you see it.

We do not practice to be perfect we perfect what we practice.

Most people try to make a better world for our children when what they should be doing is making better children for our world.
– Carlos Slim

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don’t live in a perfect world.
– Joyce Meyer

I’m just saying sometimes you have to look past those imperfections to see the real person for who they are. If you focus on their imperfections that’s all you will see them as.

If you are trying to be prefect in this imperfect world. You are doom to fail.

Nobody is perfect, I am nobody, therefore I am perfect

Everyone is perfect, God doesn’t make mistakes!

Those that claim to have reached perfection are truly the greatest idiots of all. A wise man knows that nothing is perfect because everything can be improved, even if you don’t know how to improve it.

A perfectionist can never be a happy man.

Perfection is not a myth. It can be achieved. But, only if we can accept, that we all are imperfect.

I was put on this world to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.

If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be.
– Cristiano Ronaldo

Have no fear for perfection, you’ll never reach it

Perfection is of God alone, no human can be perfect.

To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps.
– Dejan Stojanovic

The only flaws you have are the ones you let yourself see.

Think of it “If life is perfect would you still know GOD?”

Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it’s a product of an assembly line.
– Dejan Stojanovic

Be excellent on the present day, we will think about perfection tomorrow.

Perfection is not impossible, yet it is always fleeting.

It seems that only those who deem themselves to be perfect are, ironically, quite the opposite.

Nobody is perfect & thinking you are makes you farther from it!

Those who require continuous perfection are doomed to a lifetime of disappointment.

Perfection of imperfection is the best perfection.

Honesty is Prefect,
if you are honest that is you are PERFECT.

Watch your eye; Should it ever reveal to you the faults of others Say to it, “O my eye! Other people have eyes too!”

Remember that time you were perfect? …obviously not

Perfection is incompatible with change, and hence with the pulse of life.
– Dr. Idel Dreimer

As a leader, when you demand absolute perfection, you are also ensuring cheating and unethical behavior by your subordinates.

You might aim for perfection..but then again..i achieve it..xD

Learn to deal with the fact that you are not a perfect person but you are a person that deserves respect and honesty.
– Pandora Poikilos

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
– Albert Schweitzer

Why can’t we control our anger? Because we love perfection. Make a little room for imperfection in our lives.
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Is it possible? Is it possible to improve on perfection?
– Leonardo DiCaprio(The Quick and The Dead)

When a woman comes into your life, things organize themselves.
– Chetan Bhagat

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
– W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

Perfection is the number one thing no one can achieve.

I was never perfect… You wanted perfection, no one is perfect so you will always be alone!

If you strive for perfection you will fail at being good.

If we are human then we are not perfect, we are simply good at what we do.

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.
– Jack Dorsey

Perfection? Being the most human you can be.

They say that nobody is perfect, then they say that practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

Perfection should be your goal. Just a simple mission statement.

Nothing rolls like a ball

Once you say that you are perfect, it actually means you are dead, because you are killing the opportunity to improve and grow.
– RVM

To be human is to have imperfections.
– Kelvin Osaghae

Perfection is not always everything…just live your life.

Perfection: Scientists’ worst nightmare.

Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.
– Brad Pitt

Perfection is my direction.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.
– Brene Brown

We should be building great things that don’t exist.
– Larry Page

Perfection is what you can no longer believe to be wrong.

In trying to be perfect, he perfected the art of anonymity.
– Dejan Stojanovic

Perfection is found in the peaceful handling of imperfection.

Perfection is joy if you use it

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
– B. R. Haydon

If you make no attempt to seek perfection at all, then you are lackadaisical. This negative quality implies that being imperfect is hardly a positive one. Everyone must make an effort to seek perfection, as they obviously don’t realize that it will always be more beneficial if you fail to be perfect than succeed at trying to be imperfect.

Perfection? Being the most human you can be.
– Giovanni Morassutti

Perfect people worry me!

Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.
– Sylvia Plath

Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not.
– Valery Satterwhite

The superheroes you have in your mind (idols, icons, titans, billionaires, etc.) are nearly all walking flaws who’ve maximized 1 or 2 strengths.
– Tim Ferriss

Me Perfect? NO! Better Than You? Of Course!

All is always well – all things considered!

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