Perfectionism Quotes
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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
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
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
I do think imperfection is underrated
— Helena Bonham Carter
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
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 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 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
Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough.
— Michael Jackson
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Regret is just perfectionism plus time.
— B.J. Novak
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
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
Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your humanhood.
— Asa Don Brown
