Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer.

Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.

Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, read more

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.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of read more

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.