Affirmation Quote by Norman Cousins

To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species.

— Norman Cousins

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

— George Orwell

Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

— Laozi

The essence of man is imperfection.

— Norman Cousins

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

— Anonymous

Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.

— Therese of Lisieux

Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“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

When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt…

— Gary Zukav

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

— Oscar Wilde

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