Jordan Peterson Quotes

I'm not perfect, but I do my best.

I may not be perfect, but I'm trying.

I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

I know I'm not perfect.

I'm not perfect, but I strive for it.

There's no one of us that's perfect; there's no one of us that can't do just a little better.

I wouldn't be the type of person to critique anybody. I've got to look at myself first, to be a better person.

I just want to be the best version of me.

I'm just trying to be the best version of me that I can be.

I am very self-critical and always will be. I think this makes me want to improve, always. But just because I'm self-critical and say what I thought of my performance in a game, it doesn't mean I will bring myself down, ever.

More than comparing with somebody else, I'd prefer comparing my own work from film to film.

I really judge me on me.

Since I'm a highly self-critical person, I try to become better every day. I don't see the point of competing with anyone.

If you just focus on getting better, and not being the best, you have such a good time.

I think when you're dealing with any issues about trying to become a better human being, you have to look at a lot of things about yourself that maybe you don't want to or aren't able to.

I'm by no means the person that I strive to be. I don't think anyone is the person that we strive to be. But I try.

I have never gauged myself against anyone else.

My personality doesn't interest me.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.

Compare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?'

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

I am still learning every day not to watch other people's careers and compare.