Long Quote by Charles M. Schwab

Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

— Swami Vivekananda

There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it…

— Bliss Carman

That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea of perfection…

— Giacomo Leopardi

A dedication to perfection means that we are doomed always to be just a heartbeat way - from exposure. Perfection is unchanging; lives are…

— Joy Browne

There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed but . . . in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

— Bliss Carman

Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser…

— David D. Burns

We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK.

— Donald Fagen

Personal perception of perfection is like that. You see what you want to see. After awhile you just see what you need to.

— Matthew Good

Some men are more perfect than others.

— Merle Shain

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper…

— Swami Vivekananda

Perfection is shallow, unreal, and fatally uninteresting.

— Anne Lamott

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

— Josh Billings