Hugh Mackay Quotes

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

I felt like I had to be, you know, perfect, which is ridiculous. Nobody's perfect.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

I do have impossibly high standards.

Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.

I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

Artists, no matter how good their intentions, are always slower than they think.

It's not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't as perfectionistic as I am.

Perfection, to me, means you spend much too much time trying to be perfect.

There can be an extremist idea of purity. It's so easy to fall afoul of the ridiculously high standard set there.

I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.

I am a self-critical perfectionist.

I never feel like anything I have done is perfect. I feel like there is always room for improvement.

I always say, 'Perfection is the flaw. It doesn't exist.' I saw something somewhere about 'porcelain pores' - you're not even allowed to have pores anymore!

I'm a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it's still not perfect, you know?

I don't think there's any such thing as perfection. But I'm a perfectionist. I don't believe in the idea of perfection, but I will strive to achieve it.

I'm supposed to be perfect.

Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.'

Perfectionism is slow death.

If you're a perfectionist and you know you're about to do something at which you cannot be perfect, then that is daunting because you know what your heart is like and the way you approach your work.

There's no such thing as being perfect, and that doesn't just mean the perfect body.

Nobody expects you to exhibit godlike strength, excepting maybe yourself.

Like most business people, I want every aspect of my business to be perfect. I know that this goal is unachievable, but it is nevertheless what I strive to achieve .

When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.