Quotes About Flaws

Our imperfections are the bonds that hold us together. We might as well recognize them.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, nothing completely straight was ever made

If one starts to draw comparisons between what is and what is not, it is the poorer qualities of the former that strike you, the impurities, the flaws; in short, you can only really feel safe with nothingness.

There was just something about the guy, the way he struggled with his faith, yearned to do the right thing in spire of the flaws that got in his way, that made her want to kiss him again~ Shelby Arroyo

For work that requires more than just climbing, rung by rung, up a ladder of instructions, rewards are more perilous. The best way to avoid the seven deadly flaws of extrinsic motivators is to avoid them altogether or to downplay them significantly and instead emphasize the elements of deeper motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose

I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws. If you come upon an observation that does not seem to fit the model, you assume that there must be a perfectly good explanation that you are somehow missing.

There are lots of great characters in fiction who viewers and readers have engaged with that behave badly. Great characters can be unfaithful. They can lie and cheat.

If you met Faith Hill in person, you would think she's absolutely beautiful. And when you take her picture, you will see every flaw that you never saw in person. Those flaws not only become visible but magnified.

How do you know she's the one for you? ...and did you ever notice how, when she's nervous,she sings? Off-key? You like that? Well, that's the thing. I think her flaws make me love her even more. She's not perfect, but she's perfect to me.

I forgave, accepted and even loved you for your flaws, but in the end you couldn't accept mine.

I don't need you to accept my flaws so you can be in my life. I have god in my life and he has forgiven me for my mistakes.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

I asked for the truth, but you lied in my face. I told you a secret, and you ran off to tell anyone who would listen. I told you all the pain that my past caused, and so you blabbed all of my flaws. I don't know why you I ever called you my friend, you would only hurt and just pretend.

Your imperfections make you perfect, your insecurities make you secure, but your flaws...They make you flawless.

You're not perfect and I'll save you the suspense. I am not perfect either...but surely we're perfect for each other.

When your flaws are stitched together with good intentions, your flaws make you beautiful.

Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.

Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

Let us concede at the outset that, in a free society, freedom will frequently be used badly. Freedom, by definition, includes freedom to do good or evil, to act nobly or basely. Thus we should not be surprised that there is a considerable amount of vice, licentiousness, and vulgarity in a free society. Given the warped timber of humanity, freedom is simply an expression of human flaws and weaknesses. But if freedom brings out the worst in people, it also brings out the best.

We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can't accept their imperfections can't accept grace either.

I'd have to trust that my flaws were the ways through which I would receive grace. We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can't accept their imperfections can't accept grace either.

When I say I love you and you don't believe me, you're being a jerk. Basically what you're saying is I only love conditionally. You think you're being self-deprecating and funny, but you're really saying I'm not a good enough person to love you if you have a few flaws. It gets old.

If our identity gets broken, it affects our ability to connect. And I wonder if we're not all a lot better for each other than we previously thought. I know we're not perfect, but I wonder how many people are withholding the love they could provide because they secretly believe they have fatal flaws.