Excellence Quote by Gianrico Carofiglio

“Perfection lies in intensity, and what is most intense cannot be endured long.”

— Walter Kaufmann

“If we were all perfect individuals, there would be no room for growth, learning, or joy when we finally do overcome.”

— Rachael Anderson

“Perfection is, however, not to be sought in the future, as we are fully capable of experiencing it here and now, if we abandon…

— Frank M. Wanderer

“Unfortunately, perfectionism dies slowly. It’s persistent and particularly dangerous because it masquerades as excellence”

— Jon Acuff

“There is no limit to how good you can get in pursuit of perfection.”

— Sachin Kumar Puli

“You can appreciate the good things all around you, but the best part is imminent, just out of reach. Like... perpetual anticipation.”

— Kirsten Hubbard

“Eventually I learned that, in the beginning at least, it was better for me to be finished than to try to be perfect. I…

— Lauren Graham

“He aims at too great perfection. He wants to know everything and do everything, and life is too short for that. He finishes nothing,…

— Amy Steedman

“Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“And however perfectionist you tried to be, in the end words were alive, in constant flux. No dictionary could ever achieve true completion.”

— Shion Miura

“If anything at all, perfection is not when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

— Maria Tallchief

“All growth toward perfection is but a returning to original existence.”

— Wilhelm Von Humboldt