Perfectionism Quotes

Perfectionism Quote of the day

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

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

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.

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

But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.

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.

Perfectionism spells paralysis.

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

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

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.

A wonderful pastor I know once told me, "Perfectionism is the highest order of self-abuse." So now I try to remind myself that if I engage in perfectionism, I am abusing myself. Period.

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

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

Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.

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

Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.

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

Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve, until we realize that the ultimate reward is not a gold medal but the path itself.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.

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

Regret is just perfectionism plus time.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from taking flight.

Perfectionism is a time waster - 20 percent of the effort you put into any project accomplishes 80 percent of the outcome - so this is a time to ask yourself when good enough is enough and then stop.

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.

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

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.

Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.

Perfectionism is the fear of being criticized.

Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend.

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

Perfectionism is the death of a great room.

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

Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.

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

Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time is over. They find you out and send you packing.

What if you wake up some day, and you're 65... and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life?

I took everything really seriously and was overly sensitive about things, and I think that's rooted in perfectionism.

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

perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.

Whenever I think of something but can't think of what it was I was thinking of, I can't stop thinking until I think I'm thinking of it again. I think I think too much.

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

[perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with them.

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.