70 Perfection Quotes To Help You Reach Your Goals

Nothing is perfect. Everything has flaws. And that is the beauty of our world. Because what would have been the fun in a world where everything was, just perfect. So that is why, to cherish the greatness of our perfections and imperfections, we have brought these Perfection Quotes for you to enjoy your own world of perfect and imperfect things.

In this world of so many people with so many opinions, perfection is nothing but a vague concept, because what is perfect for someone may have flaws for others. So we all have our own perfects. Perfection is everyone’s own cup of tea. But even getting our own perfect is a great thing. So let us stop fulfilling someone else’s perfect imaginations and let us all make our own perfects and be happy. Perfection actually can only mean to be good enough in something, in our world of humans, where nothing is supposed to be perfect, but only supposed to be human. And humans have flaws, end of the story.

And to celebrate our own perfect worlds, we have brought these perfection quotes and sayings for you, let’s read on and be imperfectly perfect in ourselves:

Perfection Quotes

• “The perfection of art is to conceal art.” – Quintilian
• “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi
• “This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.” – Saint Augustine

• “A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.” – Albert Einstein
• “Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection. The way of the spiritual life begins where we are now in the mess of our lives.” – Mike Yaconelli
• “Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.” – Rabindranath Tagore
• “Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle
• “There are two kinds of perfect: The one you can never achieve, and the other, by just being yourself.” – Lauren King

• “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.” – Jesus Christ
• “A beautiful thing is never perfect.” – Egyptian proverb
• “Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.” – Thomas de Quincey
• “I’ve seen the majestic beauty of nature and the overwhelming perfection of it. To me, there’s nothing closer to God than that.” – Cote de Pablo
• “The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.” – Arthur Koestler
• “Perfection doesn’t exist.” – Andres Iniesta
• “We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.” – Pierre Corneille

• “Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.” – William Ellery Channing
• “I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.” – Yves Saint Laurent
• “March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.” – Khalil Gibran
• “Perfection itself is imperfection.” –  Vladimir Horowitz
• “I am not a perfectionist. Perfection doesn’t exist in real life. It’s a wrong title for me.” – Aamir Khan
• “I gave up my struggle with perfection a long time ago. That is a concept I don’t find very interesting anymore. Everyone just wants to look good in the photographs. I think that is where some of the pressure comes from. Be happy. Be yourself, the day is about a lot more.” – Anne Hathaway

Best Quotes About Perfection

• “The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” – Michelangelo
• “Perfection is impossible, but you don’t stop aiming for it.” – Saquon Barkley

• “If I waited for perfection… I would never write a word.” – Margaret Atwood
• “I think the perfection of love is that it’s not perfect.” – Taylor Swift
• “Style is the perfection of a point of view.” – Richard Eberhart
• “Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali
• “Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” – Kim Collins
• “Imperfection is perfection.” – Flume
• “Perfection is the child of time.” – Joseph Hall
• “Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.” – John Piper

• “The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.” – Matthew Arnold
• “Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction – only disappointment.” – Ryan Holiday
• “Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.” – Voltaire
• “A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.” – Chuck Palahniuk
• “It’s not about finding relevance or perfection or imperfection in objects, but it’s that you can accept yourself and then go out and accept others.” – Jeff Koons
• “Perfection is boring. If a face doesn’t have mistakes, it’s nothing.” – Kevyn Aucoin

• “I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.” – Michael J. Fox
• “Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.” – Jerry Moran
• “Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.” – Philip Stanhope
• “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.” – Colin Powell

• “The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.” – George Orwell
• “Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side… we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life.” – Jeff Bridges
• “Perfection is impossible; just strive to do your best.” – Angela Watson
• “I think what is interesting in life is all the cracks and all the flaws and all the moments that are not perfect.” – Clemence Poesy
• “Find good people and leave the bad ones.” But I say, find the good in people and ignore the bad in them. Because no one is perfect.” – Unknown

Practice Makes Perfection Quotes

• “Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.” – Ronnie O’Sullivan

• “The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.” – George Will
• “I don’t believe in perfection. I don’t think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.” – Reese Witherspoon
• “People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.” – Edith Schaeffer
• “Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.” – Mary Balogh
• “Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your humanhood.” – Asa Don Brown

• “Perfect is a dream that you wake up from and spend forever trying to remember.” – Joseph Eastwood
• “The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.” – Oscar Wilde
• “The eye always fills in the imperfections.” – Rabih Alameddine
• “Everything, if you could only see it clearly enough, like this, is beautiful and complete. Everything has its own perfection.” – Joan Lindsay
• “If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” – Margaret Atwood
• “You’ll never be perfect. But you’ll always be unique.” – Unknown
• “When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target.” – George Fisher

• “Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.” – Voltaire
• “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” – Donald Miller
• “Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.” – Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
• “Perfection is overrated. Let good be good enough.” – Andi Willis
• “Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.” – John Updike
• “Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” – Harriet Braiker
• “Being perfect is overrated; Being better is what counts, especially if you do that every day!”
• “Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends.” – Chinese Proverb

Conclusion

A person, a thing, or a situation, that maybe be normal or flawed for someone or everyone, maybe be perfectly awesome for someone else. So just try to achieve the level and type of perfection that makes you happy and be happy. We hope you achieve what you want in life, keep smiling.

Also read:

• Meditation Quotes
• Peace Quotes
• Happiness Quotes

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