1,286 Quotes About Perfection

The solution: do not pursue perfection (for that is a patriarchal and intellectual notion), rather work on developing each of your qualities and aspects into a Complete Holistic Human Being.

No one is perfect. No one is exactly who you want them to be. There is something in every person, even your closest friend, that you don’t like.

Cassandra smiled up at him. "I've changed my mind about uncomfortable shoes. Why limp when I could dance?"But he didn't smile back, only gave her a brooding glance and shook his head slightly. "What?" she whispered.His reply was halting and gruff. "Perfection is impossible. Most mathematical truths can't be proved. The vast majority of mathematical relations can't be known. But you... standing here in your bare feet in that dress... you're perfect.

Perfection is repeating the same mistake again and again imperfectly

Perfection has never been about the body, or even the mind. Perfection is a state only the soul can achieve, and, my poor, ignorant brother, there is such perfection in rage.

What would happen if we looked at ourselves like the nun looked at that tree? What would happen if we treasured our imperfections in the same way that the priest treasured the tree’s gnarled branches? I think our lives would be better as a result. More than that, I think it’s incumbent on us to see the perfection of our imperfect souls.

Imperfection is perfection for a human being.

Since the dawn of humanity, there had not been even a single soul who could claim perfection

Envisioning perfection inhibits more than it inspires.