Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate. — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero. — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting. — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“You always try to be perfect, he says, and you always fall short, and it fucks with your head. Your confidence is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it… — Geri Halliwell Copy Share Image
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. — Marie Angelique Arnauld Copy Share Image
“You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on… — Tina Fey 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
“Q: When is the perfect time? A: Who can say, but probably somewhere between haste and delay - and it's usually most… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. It has nothing to do with fixing things. It has nothing to do… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The other day I noticed my 12-year-old daughter was getting stressed about a grade she was due on a science test. The… — Katty Kay Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is not the same thing has striving to be your best. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world. The best way is to forget doubts and set about the… — Robert Hillyer Copy Share Image
“Anne Lamott wrote, “Perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you… — Sammy Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Living as a perfectionist means thinking and living in “black and white” – there are no grey areas. You are either perfect… — Samantha Skelly 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
“Your day’s work might turn out to have been a mess. So what? Vonnegut said, “When I write, I feel like an… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I can relate to girls with self esteem issues because growing up in this industry there is the side of you that… — Naya Rivera Copy Share Image
“As a recovering perfectionist and an aspiring good-enoughist, I’ve found it extremely helpful to bust some of the myths about perfectionism so… — 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 and optimalism are not distinct ways of being, an either-or choice, but rather they coexist in each person. And while we… — Tal Ben-Shahar 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
Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we don’t use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognate—perfectionism—an inhuman… — Sarah Lewis 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
