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Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save you. — Danny Boyle

Let her own shortfalls, and not your vindictive perfectionism, be the quality that throws her to destruction. — Janny Wurts

Done is better than perfect if perfect ain't done. — Eric Thomas

Perfectionism will make you sour, mean, and judgmental, and it will rob you of the freedom Jesus died to give you. — Steve Brown

Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away. — Geri Halliwell

Perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control. — Steven Barnes

Perfectionism is a perpetual flight into an illusory future that cannot be attained. — Gary Zukav

Tilly was downcast; as with all perfectionists, it was the detail others might not notice that destroyed for her the pleasure of achievement. — Elspeth Huxley

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero. — David D. Burns

I think perfectionism is just a high-end, haute couture version of fear. — Elizabeth Gilbert

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt

Perfection is not to be attained, but to be pursued infinitely. — Abhijit Naskar

The wholesome pursuit of excellence feels quite different from perfectionism. — Sharon Salzberg

When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away. — Sharon Salzberg

Oxford was in love with the idea of Christian perfection. — Philip Zaleski

No number of compliments will convince her of anything, and one of Jacob's projects in their marriage is to wean her off perfectionism. — Maggie Shipstead

Perfect is the enemy of done. — Catherine Carrigan

Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate. — Maria Shriver

I do think imperfection is underrated — Helena Bonham Carter

There is often no line between perfection and evil. — Ken Liu

Perfectionism may look good in his shiny shoes, but he's a little bit of an asshole and no one invites him to their pool parties. — Ze Frank

It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still fear. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Perfectionism attaches to what is valued in the culture. — Gloria Steinem

Perfection is only achieved when there is nothing more that can be taken away rather then when there are things that can be added — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver! — Brene Brown

Perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat, — Elizabeth Gilbert

Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. — Brene Brown

Perfectionism is slow death. — Hugh Prather

Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process. — Alexandra Stoddard

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think? — Brene Brown

Once the notion of perfectionism is abolished, persistence is allowed its rightful place in guiding us in achieving our goals. — Carla Birnberg

My friend Annabel calls it "Reverse Perfectionism" - if a man thinks he can't do something perfectly, he'd rather not do it at all ... — Shelli NT

The most successful are not the most perfect, but the imperfect who dare to believe that they can despite the damning verdict. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Never let the principle of what you believe in become more important than the person. — Shannon L. Alder

Perfectionism is the fear of being criticized. — Caroline Myss

Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting. — Eva Mendes

Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time. — Rebecca Wells

perfectionism is sometimes the most dangerous set of thoughts you can let make their home in your head. — James Altucher

We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect. — Bernie Glassman

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being. — John Updike

Perfectionism is the death of a great room. — Anne McDonald

Perfectionism is not a prerequisite for anything but pain. — Danna Faulds

perfectionism is the need to be right instead of being liked — Ira Glass

Perfectionism is a delusion that can rob one of a very successful, enriching life if not careful. — April Bryan

Perfectionism is not the path that leads us to our gifts and to our sense of purpose; it's the hazardous detour. — Brene Brown

Perfectionism didn't lead to results. It led to peanut butter. — Brene Brown

The notion of the perfect time is more than myth. It's the ultimate self-delusion. — Gina Greenlee

Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough. — Michael Jackson

Perfectionism: the need to be right instead of being right. — Ira Glass

Alexander was in the grip of a passion for perfection. He was not aware of how closely, how perilously, perfectionism and fanaticism are related. — Tove Jansson

I really believe that it is honesty about our imperfect selves that makes everyone do better and be better. — Dan Pearce

Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't. — Jenni Schaefer

Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection. — Jenni Schaefer

As we try to achieve perfection, society changes and we just become more imperfect — Joao Matod

But you have to remind yourself that perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. — Anne Lamott

Like the bronze statue of the Angel of the Waters, those who pursue perfection find themselves paralysed by the possibility of flaw, fault or failure. — Jamie Le Fay

Perfectionism is not the key to success. — Brene Brown

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) . — Gilbert K. Chesterton

90 percent perfect and shared with the world always changes more lives than 100 percent perfect and stuck in your head. — Jon Acuff

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination . — Dan Miller

Perfectionism will ruin your writing, blocking inventiveness and playfulness and life force — Anne Lamott

Our teens are embedded in a culture driven by competition and perfectionism, where success is defined by status, performance and their appearance. — Auliq Ice

It may just be that you are developing a quiet doggedness. This is priceless. Perfectionism, on the other hand, will only drive you mad. — Anne Lamott

It's like a lot of things, said the smith. Do the least part of it wrong and ye'd just as well to do it all wrong. — Cormac McCarthy

Perfectionism is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. If — Augusten Burroughs

The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being without anxiety about imperfection. — Tara Brach

The drive for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever beyond criticism. No — Elizabeth Gilbert

To be a learner, you've got to be willing to be a fool. — George Leonard

Perfectionism is an ugly habit until you get results. — Bryan Way

I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go. — Rowan Atkinson

It's always helpful to remember that when perfectionism is driving, shame is riding shotgun. — Brene Brown

Stay away from thoughts of perfectionism; don't turn this opportunity into a chore. — Erin Ramsey

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier. — Sharon Salzberg

In extreme cases of perfectionism, there is no distinction between judgment of one's work and one's sense of value as a person. — Neil A. Fiore

Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism. — Alanis Morissette

No buddy is perfect — Saji Ijiyemi

Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable. — John Rawls

Perfectionism is searching for faults to justify low self-esteem. It is a guaranteed failure and fantasy. — Brittany Burgunder

Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while — Anne Lamott

I don't know who started this thing about being perfect but the sooner we ditch that idea the happier we all will be! — Alastair Arnott

I'm a perfectionist; I'll work until I drop. — Michael Jackson

Fuck you perfectionism. Without you, I am brilliant. — Coco J. Ginger

There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness. — Shannon L. Alder

Perfectionism prevents action. Waiting until you have devised the perfect solution to something is merely a form of procrastination. — Staffan Noteberg

Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order. — Anne Wilson Schaef

However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started. — Marilu Henner

Regret is just perfectionism plus time. — B.J. Novak

Striving to 'be the best' is overrated & not smart. Grow to become only 1% better than your top competitor in your chosen field(s) of expertise. — Gary Patton

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. — David Foster Wallace

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination. — Michael Hyatt

In the end, perfection is just a concept - an impossibility we use to torture ourselves and that contradicts nature. — Guillermo Del Toro

Insecurity's best cover is perfectionism. That's where it becomes an art form. — Beth Moore

Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril. — Sharon Salzberg

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. — Billy Corgan

Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Perfectionism robs you of your freedom. — Steve Brown

Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability. — Mark Cuban

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness. — Tara Brach

Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your humanhood. — Asa Don Brown

Becoming is better than being. Perfectionism doesn't exist. We need to stretch ourselves and continue learning. — Iben Dissing Sandahl