Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.
Everyone should be sacked at least once in their career because perfection doesn't exist. It's important to have setbacks, because that is the reality of life.
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.
The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.
Indiscriminate pursuit of perfection infallibly leads to mediocrity.
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.
Wellness isn’t about deprivation and it’s not about perfection. It is about pointing yourself in the direction of growth, training yourself to get comfortable with your highest potential, and then taking small steps to support that shift. It’s about showing up for yourself, day by day, and then one day finding that you’ve undergone a transformation.
Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. The river's voice was sorrowful. It sang with yearning and sadness, flowing towards its goal. . . Siddhartha was now listening intently. . . to this song of a thousand voices. . . then the great song of a thousand voices consisted of one word: Om - Perfection. . . From that hour Siddhartha ceased to fight against his destiny.
People feel so guilty about not exercising. Especially people over 50, who feel like they've gone a lifetime without taking care of themselves. Instead of aiming for perfection, you should try to celebrate the progress you're making.
Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
Atheism. . . that bugbear of women and fools. . . is the very top and perfection of free-thinking. It is the grand arcanum to which a true genius naturally riseth, by a certain climax or gradation of thought, and without which he can never possess his soul in absolute liberty and repose.
Those who wish to attain God and progress in religious devotion, should particularly guard themselves against the snares of lust and wealth. Otherwise they can never attain perfection.
Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.
I am very passionate about being an actor, and I allow my passion to find its outlet in the work I do. I don't believe that it can be called perfection. It is true that when I am intensely passionate about my films, which I am, I don't leave any stone unturned and I put every ounce of my energy into that project.
There is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are capable.
Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.
Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.
Personal growth is about progress, not perfection.