Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I'm pretty self-aware, and I am an embarrassingly flawed human being in a ton of ways.

Flaws are really interesting.

Nobody likes to be judged, including me, but I am the first to say that I am far from perfect.

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

I think there are many faces to everyone. I also have my bad sides. Also I think everyone is trying to improve their shortcomings to become more wholesome.

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

I'm a human. Every human is flawed. I might be flawed in different ways than some people, or worse ways than some people, or better ways than some people.

Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand.

No one is perfect and everyone wishes they could change something about themselves.

It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.

I'm not a perfect human being.

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgment.

Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.

No human being should be a role model. We all have flaws.

I am a man of many flaws and contradictions.

For those of us on this planet who have never done wrong and are always right and are just down right 100% perfect all the time, life can be hard.

I want to be able to show people that I have flaws and they have flaws, too. And you know what that means? No one out there is perfect.

I had the urge to face my own limitation, and I needed to be bigger. I needed to be more professional and be in a more competitive environment because I wanted to grow as an artist. That's why I went to Europe.

I think the single most important, fascinating, and complex aspect of human nature is that we all know, deep down, that we are not what we ought to be - or as John Doe says in 'Seven,' 'We are not what was intended.'

You have many flaws, he announced... “But there was one flaw that made all the other imperfections pale in comparison.” “Was?” she asked. “I don't have this flaw any longer?” “No, you don't.” “Pray tell,” she muttered in exasperation, “what was this terrible flaw?” He grinned. “You used to be English.