Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
What I've learned is you don't have to strive for perfection, but you do have to strive to be a very hard worker.
In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.
Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.
Imperfection is perfection.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. It's fertiliser, it's like living fertiliser, because you're forced on yourself.
Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.
I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.
I'm a perfectionist to a fault.
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