Quotes about Striving for Perfection

I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship. Votes: 5

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. Votes: 4

Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating. Votes: 4

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well Votes: 4

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best. Votes: 4

There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence. Votes: 4

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it. Votes: 4

Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts. Votes: 4

Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not. Votes: 4

Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony. Votes: 4

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness. Votes: 4

This toxic striving for perfection is a female thing. How many men obsess about being perfect? For men, generally, good enough is good enough. Votes: 4

Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile. Votes: 4

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best. Votes: 4

There is no such thing as the perfect picture. That's the challenge of photography. I was always striving for perfection, even though I knew I could never achieve it. But it kept me reaching for something... Votes: 4

Grain is life, there's all this striving for perfection with digital stuff. Striving is fine, but getting there is not great. I want a sense of the human and that is what breathes life into a picture. For me, imperfection is perfection. Votes: 4

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind. Votes: 4

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. Votes: 1

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring. Votes: 1

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection. Votes: 1

Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life. Votes: 1

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well. Votes: 1

Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection. Votes: 1

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection. Votes: 1

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection. Votes: 1

What I've learned is you don't have to strive for perfection, but you do have to strive to be a very hard worker. Votes: 1

In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted. Votes: 1

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children. Votes: 1

You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance. Votes: 1

I strive for perfection, but I'm not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions. Votes: 1

I'd love to stay in baseball, but I won't beg. I'd love to work with young umpires. I think I could teach them, help them develop. I can spot flaws, help them get over the hump. You're striving for perfection every game, yet you never achieve it. If baseball wants me, I'm available. Votes: 1

The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection is striving for something devine. Votes: 0

The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent or despondent about our progress. Votes: 0