#perfection

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. ↗

— Richard Whately

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The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. ↗

— George Will

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Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired. ↗

— Martha Graham

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The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection. ↗

— Maurice Greene

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The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

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No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection. ↗

— Arianna Huffington

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Perfection doesn't exist. ↗

— Andres Iniesta

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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

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Perfection is the child of time. ↗

— Joseph Hall

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