Becki Newton Quotes

I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

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

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.

I would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don't think that is always that helpful, either. Sometimes it's good to be a little more open-minded; you can overthink things when things are actually fine, and it's that moment that you lose it. Looking back, sometimes I've made mistakes from being a perfectionist.

I know that some people have different personas for the different things they do, and I'm not criticizing that - maybe it's a good thing - but I'm the same old person, so I take everything in stride.

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.

Always think yourself a perfect being and be satisfied with yourself.

You cannot control another human being, and you just have to learn to go with the flow and laugh at yourself, in whatever capacity.

I don't see myself as a perfectionist.

I don't put my nose up at anything if the material is good.

I'm still just a loud-mouth girl from Michigan. I thought I might've grown out of that, but people are always reminding me that I haven't.

It doesn't matter which year a player is born in, whether you are 19 or 20 - you have to be agile. You have to accept your shortcomings.

Dr. Seuss said, 'No one can be you-er than you,' and Oscar Wilde said, 'Be yourself because everyone else is taken.' So I just try to continue to be who I am and don't change that. And I'm a little chameleon, so I can fit in wherever I am.

I have had to learn and to understand that sometimes I can't be always be at my best.

It's not as if you can act bigger to fit the surroundings or the budget more. Whatever, it just doesn't work that way.

No sickness worse than imagining thyself to be perfect can afflict thy soul.

If you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere.

I try to give myself permission to be a work-in-progress and not have everything figured out at once. It's more manageable and takes some of the pressure off of feeling like I have to have everything right all the time.

If we pretend to have reached either perfection or satisfaction, we have degraded ourselves and our work. God's work only may express that, but ours may never have that sentence written upon it, Behold it was very good.

If they say I am inconsistent let them say it, for it is true, because inconsistency is a part of living

Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.

To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you've made a mistake or don't know something.