20 Inspiring Quotes About Overcoming Perfectionism
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, But I can't live that way.Natasha Bedingfield
Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.Serena Williams
I cannot imagine where women ever got the idea that they must be perfect in order to be loved or successful.Elizabeth Gilbert
My expectations are way lower. I no longer believe that at this age I should have rock-hard abs, a perfectly calm disposition, or a million dollars in the bank. It helps to surround myself with women my age who speak honestly about their lives.Ada Calhoun
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.Pat Riley
We must understand that the drive for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever beyond criticism.Elizabeth Gilbert
I want to do something splendid…something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead. I don’t know what, but I’m on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday.Louisa May Alcott
Victory is temporary, but joy is eternal. Be grateful for all of the joyful moments, big and small.Serena Williams
Perfectionism doesn’t make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.Maria Shriver
Radical acceptance is finding a way to take life as it is, not as you thought it would be.Ada Calhoun
We think that if we just meditated enough or jogged enough or ate perfect food, everything would be perfect. But from the point of view of someone who is awake, that’s death. (...) It doesn’t have any fresh air. We are killing the moment by controlling our experience.Pema Chödrön
Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?”Brené Brown
But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.Emily Giffin
You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.Amy Bloom
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.Anna Quindlen
Embrace the glorious mess that you are.Elizabeth Gilbert
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.Marilyn Monroe
There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.Shannon L. Alder
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.Maya Angelou
When all of your flaws and all of my flaws Are laid out one by one The wonderful part of the mess that we made We pick ourselves undone.Bastille