Quotes on perfection
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.
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Stanley J. Randall Quotes
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
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William Shakespeare Quotes
Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect.
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Chinese Proverb Quotes
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence.
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Rosalynn Carter Quotes
There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions.
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Pen Densham Quotes
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
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Carl Schurz Quotes
One minute was enough, Tyler said, a person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
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Chuck Palahniuk Quotes
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an encore.
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Author Unknown Quotes
Always live up to your standards - by lowering them, if necessary.
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Mignon McLaughlin Quotes
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
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Anatole France Quotes
Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues.
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Hugh Prather Quotes
When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.
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George Fisher Quotes
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
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Wilt Chamberlain Quotes
Nothing that is complete breathes.
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Antonio Porchia Quotes
He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless.
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Italian Proverb Quotes
Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.
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William Safire Quotes
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
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Harriet Braiker Quotes
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
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Samuel McChord Crothers Quotes
Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends.
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Chinese Proverb Quotes
You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.
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Martha Graham Quotes
To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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Elbert Hubbard Quotes
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Quotes
No one is perfect... that's why pencils have erasers.
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Author Unknown Quotes