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Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you read more
Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you look out the window.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, read more
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.