<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Perfection - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65811]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is the child of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is the child of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63681]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone is different for a specific reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you look out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46135]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46129]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46132]]></link><description><![CDATA[No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46133]]></link><description><![CDATA[One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46123]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46124]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trifles go to make perfection, And perfection is no trifle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trifles go to make perfection, And perfection is no trifle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one becomes perfect, but some become great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46118]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one becomes perfect, but some become great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46120]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46109]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46099]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46100]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beautiful thing is never perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46102]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beautiful thing is never perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed is to make any' good' choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3247</guid></item></channel></rss>