"Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't……" — David D. Burns
"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 in whatever you do."
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25 Quotes by David D. Burns
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Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.
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Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more…
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Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.
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When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful…
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Kindness is the cause of all anxiety.
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That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves…
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You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.
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It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then…
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After all, this is how you learned how to walk. You didn't just jump up from your crib one day…
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Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching air. They suffer from mood disorders, troubled relationships, and stress. They…
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Learning to accept failure on multiple levels is, to my way of thinking, the key to become a world-class therapist.…
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Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying,…
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More Exist Quotes
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The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
— Aristotle
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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be…
— Aristotle
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Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for…
— Aristotle
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
— Karen Armstrong
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
— Mary Kay Ash
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I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent…
— David Attenborough
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist…
— Saint Augustine
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
— Saint Augustine
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
— Marcus Aurelius
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While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.
— Michele Bachmann
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A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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