But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“This is the first lie that perfectionism tells you about goals: Quit if it isn’t perfect.” — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
“90 percent perfect and shared with the world always changes more lives than 100 percent perfect and stuck in your head.” — Jonathan Acuff Copy Share Image
“On Tolkien: "His fussiness threatened to overwhelm his creativity.” — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
“Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Anyone can find the dirt on someone, but very few can wipe it from their own shoes.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless is mother is to give up the idea of… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“Tilly was downcast; as with all perfectionists, it was the detail others might not notice that destroyed for her the pleasure of… — Elspeth Huxley Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is a time waster - 20 percent of the effort you put into any project accomplishes 80 percent of the outcome… — Mira Kirshenbaum Copy Share Image
At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection. — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
Aim for SUCCESS, not PERFECTION. Never give UP your RIGHT to be WRONG, because then you will lose the ABILITY to learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To strive to be perfect is going down the road of self-destruction. To strive to be yourself is going down the road… — Isaiah Harden (Me Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is not of God. Anyone whose confidence relies on not making mistakes will find himself living out one or more of… — Michelle Walker-Wade Copy Share Image
“Research shows, however, that anxiety is linked to some aspects of perfectionism but not others. Specifically, while anxious people are concerned about… — Andrea Petersen Copy Share Image
“In a sentiment that Anne Lamott memorably made, urging that perfectionism is the great enemy of creativity, and Neil Gaiman subsequently echoed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism. My perfectionism arose as an attempt to gain safety and support in my dangerous family. Perfection is a self-persecutory myth. I… — Pete Walker Copy Share Image
“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“...some people become hypercritical when stressed. Then again, he hadn't been stressed last week. She giggled, remembering how he'd instructed her on… — Cherise Sinclair Copy Share Image
“We seem to feel as though the life our children have -- that we have built for them -- is just a… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Joan Frances says her mother is perfect someone she models herself after. She is tortured because she is disobeying her mother by… — Lynn I. Wilson Copy Share Image
“ Perfectionism People with social anxiety tend to be perfectionists. A degree of perfectionism is generally seen as a good trait. It… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“It’s the Very Good Reason you cannot pursue your goal. Perfectionism will tell you, “If you’re going to do it, you might… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Suppose I were to give you a key ring [...] with a hundred keys, and I were to tell you that one… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Pregnancy had seemed a reasonable excuse for letting her metal-smithing tools languish, but that accounted for only eighteen months of the last… — Lionel Shriver 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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