Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect.
- Chinese Proverb
Perfect women are always found in dreams but never in reality.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
- Harriet Braiker
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
- Saint Augustine
A beautiful thing is never perfect.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
- Confucius
Like Perfect Numbers , Perfect men are very rare.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
- Voltaire
Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence.
- Rosalynn Carter
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
- George Orwell
Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends.
- Chinese Proverb
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.
- William Faulkner
No one becomes perfect, but only few become great.
Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something up.
- Joseph Campbell
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.
- John Updike
The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes.
- Haridas Chaudhuri