I am not Perfect, but I am a Limited Edition
There is no way to genuinely, powerfully, truly love yourself while crafting a mask of perfection.
(n.) The doctrine of the Perfectionists.
Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,As souls only understand souls.
Productivity is about looking forward. Looking back too much, or trying to be too much of a perfectionist, can destroy that productivity. So keep going. Keep creating. Keep building.
Progress is much more better than perfect.
Perfection is a lie, and lying to others is explicable but lying to oneself is the highest form of deceit.
When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.
There is no greater suffering than constantly measuring yourself and coming up short, except perhaps the realization that your suffering is hurting others. But where do we learn these things? Because,...
Self-love is not the process of ignoring things, paying attention to fewer flaws or forcing yourself to look away from the parts of you that you perceive as ugly or unwanted. Self-love is the process...
At some point, you really just have to finish your work and release it as is-if only so you can go on and make other things with a glad and determined heart.
Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost essence of talent.
Perfect is the enemy of done.
Perfectionism is a delusion that can rob one of a very successful, enriching life if not careful.
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
If you don't believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth's: that awareness is learning to keep yourself company. And then learn to be more compassionate company, as if you w...
Perfection is inexistent. It is the short-lived joy of muddling in the dips of a superficial life in a bid to bury who we really are.
There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long...
Worst thing about being a perfectionist.. Everything you do might look amazing in someone else eyes but in your heart never truly satisfied.
Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process.
It starts by forgetting about perfect. We don’t have time for perfect. In any event, perfection is unachievable: It’s a myth and a trap and a hamster wheel that will run you to death. The writer Rebec...