Quotes About Perfection

The process of revision should be constant and endless

What shuts you up is, I think, the sight you've had of perfection: why speak if you can't manage perfect thoughts, perfect sentences? It feels like a betrayal of what you've been through. But it fades; you accept that certain compromises, closures, are required if you're to continue.

Her temperament, however, was Akbar's own creation. No real woman was ever like that, so perfectly attentive, so undemanding, so endlessly available. She was an impossibility, a fantasy of perfection. They feared her, knowing that, being impossible, she was irresistible, and that was why the king loved her best.

Why is that fairy-tales always treat marriage as an ending? And always such a perfectly happy one?

Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.

Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.

Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.

I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.

That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have all its strength when both the links are in perfection together.

I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

Seeking perfection just ends up creating ridiculous amounts of stress and disappointment.

The pressure we put on ourselves to produce this perfect... operatic... version of ourselves really puts an inordinate amount of stress and tension on us.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.

Allow yourself the freedom to step away from perfection because it is only then that you can find success.

The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.

Everything is important- that success is in the details.

There is no substitute for excellence. Not even success.

It's impossible to fail completely and it's impossible to succeed perfectly.

Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

People don't understand the pressure on me to look perfect.

Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.