Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

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.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.

The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.