Quotes About Imperfection

It is a common saying that a letter is a dead messenger; for it can give no more than it hath. And no letter is written so exactly, that there is nothing lacking.

War was neither a means in the hands of policy nor was it an end in itself. Instead it was regarded as an evil; albeit one that was sometimes made necessary by the imperfection of the world.

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection ? that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one's love upon other human individuals.

The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly... Only after we have lost everything, are we free to do anything... Throw things out there and not be perfect and not have answers to anything and see if people understand

A good wife is an unperfect person for an unperfect husband, whose imperfection makes them look attractive and they believe they are perfect for each other.

There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men

The church is not a place for perfection. It is, and should be, a haven of protection.

It wears on a person, you know, always having to be perfect. You know that one day something will happen,some problem that won't fit into a neat little project. Something that can't be fixed. Then where does that leave you?" She doesn't hesitate. "You become mortal like the rest of us," she says.

I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.

Perfectionism is burdensome and self-defeating. Accepting imperfection in yourself frees you (and perhaps your child) from the burden of unrealistic expectations. No parent is perfect, and your best is good enough. If you have made a mistake, in almost all cases it can be corrected.

I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other we have fun together - it's great.

Men are imperfect creatures, aren't they? But they are the only opposite sex we have, so we must make the best of them.

Even the best of us are at least part-time bastards.

I didn't have to be perfect-hardly anyone was perfect. Why did I think I had to be perfect all the time?

Being here, living now, recognizing our smallness, is a spiritual practice. It allows us to be at peace with our humanity. It humbles us and grants us permission to fumble, and not know, and fail, and also to take pleasure in the small triumphs of our days.

There is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or why or who you are. You want one and I want one, but there isn't one. It comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. And yet you are all that you have, so you must be enough. There is no other way.

Even badly drawn a morning glory will be charming

Don't aim for perfection. Evolution, and life, only happen through mistakes.

It's okay to be the teacup with a chip in it. That's the one with a story.