John Henry Newman Quotes

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

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

He who considers too much will perform little.

However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.

It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well.

I prefer doing things rather than sitting around talking about doing things.

Don't think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you'll never do a thing.

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.

If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word.

I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.

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.

Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.

I think I would have written five times as much as I've written if I didn't have this terrible sense of perfection.

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

Be a doer, not a stewer.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.

I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.

I'm not happy not doing anything. When positive things are rolling in, you've got to take them when you can get them.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.

Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.