100 Perfection Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing perfection quotes and sayings.
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Short Perfection Quotes and Sayings
“Perfection itself is imperfection.” —Vladimir Horowitz
“Perfection doesn’t exist.” —Andres Iniesta
“If people reach perfection they vanish, you know.” —T.H. White
“Perfection is only for God.” —Unknown
“Perfection is just an opinion.” —Julian Quintero
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” —Aristotle
“Perfection is an undiscovered jewel.” —Edward Counsel
“Done is better than perfect.” —Scott Allen
“Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.” —Rebecca Solnit
“Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.” —Ronnie O’Sullivan
“All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.” —William Faulkner
“Don’t dream of being perfect, work for excellence instead.” —Dr T.P.Chia
“Artists who approach perfection do not have many ideas.” —Odilon Redon
“Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.” —Rudolf Dreikurs
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” —Baruch Spinoza
“Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect.” —Chinese Proverb
“Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” —Kim Collins
“If I waited for perfection I would never write a word.” —Margaret Atwood
“There is a perfection in everything that cannot be owned.” —Anaïs Nin
“He who seeks perfection in a friend will stay without friends.” —Yiddish proverb
“The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.” —George Will
“It’s better to be perfectly useful than uselessly perfect.” —Dr. Idel Dreimer
“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” —Michelangelo
“Perfection is the child of time.” —Joseph Hall
“Perfection is impossible; just strive to do your best.” —Angela Watson
“Perfection is like normality, it doesn’t exist!” —Unknown
“Imperfection means perfection hid.” —Robert Browning
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.” —Anne Lamott
“Every line is the perfect length if you don’t measure it.” —Marty Rubin
“Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.” —Unknown
“Perfection cannot be rushed.” —Unknown
“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” —Salvador Dali
“I’m chasing perfection.” —Kobe Bryant
“Nothing perfect lasts forever, except in our memories.” —Unknown
“A beautiful thing is never perfect.” —Egyptian proverb
“Perfectionism is slow death.” —Hugh Prather
“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.” —Leo Tolstoy
“Even perfection has room for improvement.” —Ty Warner
“Strive for excellence, not perfection.” —H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“You don’t have to be perfect, to be perfect for someone.” —Unknown
“The eye always fills in the imperfections.” —Rabih Alameddine
“Perfect is the enemy of good.” —Voltaire
“Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.” —Sylvia Plath
“Nobody wants to watch perfection.” —Nicolas Cage
“Perfection is God’s business. We are human.” —Unknown
“A good garden may have some weeds.” —Thomas Fuller
“Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends.” —Chinese Proverb
Perfection Quotes and Sayings
“Perfection is a road, not a destination. Every time I live, I get an education.” —Burk Hudson
“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.” —Eugene Delacroix
“Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.” —Daphne Delacroix
“Practice makes perfect but then nobody is perfect so what’s the point of practicing?” —Unknown
“True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many.” —Socrates
“The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.” —Stanley J. Randall
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi
“You are perfect, Avery. Just like you are, flaws and everything.” —Shana Norris
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.” —Jacqueline Novogratz
“The ocean does not require that the waves are still to be more ocean-like.” —Unknown
“To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps.” —Dejan Stojanovic
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” —Donald Miller
“Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.” —Doug Horton
“A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.” —Albert Einstein
“When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target.” —George Fisher
“The perfectionist is another name for someone who is getting ready to become mad.” —Osho
“Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you do, and fix it along the way.” —Paul Arden
“To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps.” —Dejan Stojanovic
“Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” —Angelique Arnauld
“Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.” —John Updike
“Perfection’ is man’s ultimate illusion. It simply doesn’t exist in the universe…. If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.” —David D. Burns
“Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your human hood.” —Asa Don Brown
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” —John Henry Newman
“It’s not that perfection cannot be achieved. It’s that it’s so hard to stop there.” —Robert Brault
“Perfection is a promise, and a reassurance that we are not wrong.” —Lauren Oliver
“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.” —George Orwell
“Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.” —Mary Balogh
“The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory.” —George Will
“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.” —Voltaire
“Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.” —Nalo Hopkinson
“The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.” —Matthew Arnold
“Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.” —Thomas de Quincey
“A line I like to use is, “Every day is training. Every day of life is a pursuit of perfection.” —Jonathan Horton
“Perfection is boring. If a face doesn’t have mistakes, it’s nothing.” —Kevyn Aucoin
“This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.” —Saint Augustine
“Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.” —Thomas Carlyle
“Perfect is a dream that you wake up from and spend forever trying to remember.” —Joseph Eastwood
“I’m definitely on the pursuit of perfection…I will always be learning.” —Conor McGregor
“Perfect women are always found in dreams but never in reality.” —Unknown
Top Ten Perfection Quotes and Sayings
Here you will find top ten perfection quotes and sayings selected by our team.
- “Perfection itself is imperfection.” —Vladimir Horowitz
- “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” —Aristotle
- “Perfection is a road, not a destination. Every time I live, I get an education.” —Burk Hudson
- “I’m definitely on the pursuit of perfection…I will always be learning.” —Conor McGregor
- “The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.” —Stanley J. Randall
- “Perfection’ is man’s ultimate illusion. It simply doesn’t exist in the universe…. If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.” —David D. Burns
- “Perfection is God’s business. We are human.” —Unknown
- “Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.” —Thomas de Quincey
- “Even perfection has room for improvement.” —Ty Warner
- “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi
