Perfectionism is a perpetual flight into an illusory future that cannot be attained. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“When perfectionism runs the show, we don’t just fear rejection—we reject ourselves.” — Audrey Sutton Mills Copy Share Image
“Only apes and robots chase after perfection, humans cherish imperfection as a sign of life.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Avoid perfectionism. It often leads to decision-paralysis and excessive procrastination.” — Izey Victoria Odiase Copy Share Image
“From the point of view of a perfectionist, it’s a frustrating lifestyle.” — Stephen D. Edwards Copy Share Image
Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve, until we realize that… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
Letting go of perfectionism, so ingrained in the nature of a ballet dancer, can be the most difficult thing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, perfectionism dies slowly. It’s persistent and particularly dangerous because it masquerades as excellence” — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
“No matter how long the preparation, you will never feel ready to write an exam, to start a business, to be parent… — Moffat Machingura Copy Share Image
“Learning to let go is not giving up! It is simply passing the burden to a better fighter, so you can fight… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism never happens in a vacuum. It touches everyone around us. We pass it down to our children, we infect our workplace… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis… — William Westney Copy Share Image
“Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have struggled with perfectionism and I think it's a really damaging thing in my own life. When we put that perfectionism… — Rebecca St. James Copy Share Image
Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
There's going to be a demand for perfectionism on the part of Hillary Clinton, or any other pro-equality woman candidate, that would… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism always makes things harder and more complicated. Finishers make things easier and simpler. The next time you work on a goal,… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
“In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure—nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers,… — Courtney Martin Copy Share Image
My path to poetry was slow and meandering. When I eventually found my way to graduate school at 29, making a life… — Robin Beth Schaer Copy Share Image
“Mark is a walking dilemma, one of those people who’s hard to figure out. He is an unmarried Christian professional man with… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“All these counterproductive ways of thinking about failure manifest themselves most acutely in the phenomenon of perfectionism. This is one of those… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“I also see courage in myself when I'm willing to risk being vulnerable and disappointed. For many years, if I really wanted… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Perfectionism doesn't believe in practice shots. It doesn't believe in improvement. Perfectionism has never heard that anything worth doing is worth doing… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“perfectionism is a desperate attempt to live up to impossible standards. Perfectionism will do anything to protect those impossible standards. It can’t… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
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