Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly,… — 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
I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Sometimes you think that you need to be perfect, that you cannot make mistakes ... realize you are a human being -… — Susan Polis Schutz Copy Share Image
Insecurity's best cover is perfectionism. That's where it becomes an art form. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“Don’t let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.” — Marilu Henner Copy Share Image
“I'm not here to be small, to compare, to judge (myself or you), to fit in or to be perfect. I'm here… — Sue Fitzmaurice Copy Share Image
Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate. — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
“On Tolkien: "His fussiness threatened to overwhelm his creativity.” — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
[perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with… — William Westney Copy Share Image
Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run… — Paul Arden Copy Share Image
I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The pain associated with the fear of failure is often stronger than the pain of the failure itself” — Tal Ben-Shahar 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
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
“As we try to achieve perfection, society changes and we just become more imperfect” — Joao Matod 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
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
Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't. — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and… — Kristina Schroder Copy Share Image
“Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
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