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Quotes About Perfection

Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.""Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.
~ Marie Curie
Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way.
~ Marilyn French
Do not try to produce an ideal child, it would find no fitness in this world.
~ Herbert Spencer
There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.
~ Auguste Escoffier
A Bearnaise sauce is simply an egg yolk, a shallot, a little tarragon vinegar, and butter, but it takes years of practice for the result to be perfect.
~ Fernand Point
It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
~ Julia Child
Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.
~ Ludwig Bemelmans
I'd rather have a good food - lots and lots of different varieties of good foods - than search for something perfect.
~ Bee Wilson
I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.
~ Tiffeny Milbrett
The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed.
~ Sai Baba
The idea of perfection can be a tyrant you should overthrow, to gain your freedom.
~ Kate Grenville
As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.
~ Pema Chodron
I'm a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I am perfect!
~ Daniel Tosh
Worthiness is a process, and perfection is completeness and flawlessness. We can be worthy to enjoy certain privileges without being perfect. Perfect is, you being you, and only you, to your highest potential. Perfect is you listening to your soul and then expressing it in ways only you can.
~ Unknown
Life is about being yourself; someone only you can be, someone only you can understand, someone that is unlike everyone else, someone that doesn't copy others to look the same, someone who is extremely unique, because you are you, and you are perfect.
~ Unknown
Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.
~ Ivor Cutler
I wish, that insecurity didn't exist. To be honest, I think being insecure made some people wonder what they look like to others and bullies going around and teasing, like it's nothing wrong. I believe, that it's a choice to understand what it's like to be perfect.
~ Unknown
Practice never makes anyone perfect, it only increases their improvement.
~ Unknown
I'm insecure about my body. I'm a typical girl. I often hate my body and have bad hair days. I could show you a million things that I don't like and would change.
~ Hayden Panettiere
Chasing perfection is exhausting and a waste of time. Accept who you are, stop trying to be what you're not and& you'll find true happiness
~ Unknown
Im beautiful in my own way, because God makes no mistakes.
~ Lady Gaga
She is amazingly amazing, beautifully beautiful, and heavenly heavensent while being imperfectly perfect. She is the one for me.
~ Unknown
You could be close to perfect, you could pass all their tests, but a cheaters a cheater, and they always pass up the best.
~ Tim Walters