Common Quote by Joseph Addison

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Josh Billings

A man can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.

— Ralph Barton Perry

A man cannot have an idea of perfection in another, which he was never sensible of in himself.

— Richard Steele

“Perfection is an illusion. Yet perfectionists demand it from others while being far from flawless themselves. The margin of error of the human condition…

— Stewart Stafford

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

To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or…

— Diogenes

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

— Anonymous

In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts…

— T. E. Hulme

There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have…

— Francis Bacon

A perfectionist has to take his time,

— Michael Jackson

Man will ever remain imperfect, and it will always be his part to try to be perfect.

— Mahatma Gandhi