Haruki Murakami Quotes

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.

There is no perfection only life

None of us are going to have perfect lives. Our own vision of what we think is good maybe different from what He [God] thinks. And we forget that. We think we know what's best and we don't.

Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes.

The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of failure.

In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world."

You don't need to have a perfect ending to be happy.

Don't wait until you are perfect to change the world.

In a perfect world, you and I probably wouldn't exist, so let's not hope for one.

DNCE is “dance without the a.” It’s not a perfect word, and you don’t always have to be a perfect dancer to dance. Life is just sometimes not perfect.

If you wait for things to be perfect you'll just miss out on life.

I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.

Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world?

I'm doing what I like, why wouldn't I be happy? So what if it's not perfect, I don't believe in perfection. Maybe happy's as good as it gets.

The imperfect is our paradise.

As far as change, anyone from the age of 13 to 19, you become a whole new person because you grow up. There was so much that I didn't know or that I thought I knew because I was just a 13-year-old at the time who thought I knew everything. But I realized very quickly that, no, there's so much about everything that I don't. So what I've at least tried to do is accept that I don't know everything. Life is so much more fun that way. And it's easier. I've just been trying to learn, rather than to pretend that I'm perfect.

Perfect people don't exist. And perfect people, if they existed, would be very boring. It is imperfection that keeps life interesting.

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.

The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.

We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.

I found happiness when I realized that as imperfect as I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic. I am God's creation, designed according to His plan for me. That's not to say there isn't room for improvement. I'm always trying to be better so I can better serve Him and the world!

You can wait forever for perfect conditions or you can make do with what you have.

There is nothing perfect...only life.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.