Wendell Berry Quotes

I've always been very aware of my own humanity. The limits of my humanity.

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

I'd love to think that I'm a super human being, but I'm not.

Am I perfect? Not at all. I'm just like everybody else.

At the end of the day, I know I'm not Superman.

I don't pretend to be perfect.

Sometimes you're looking to play perfect tennis but it's not going to happen all the time and you have to accept it.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I know I'm not perfect.

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

I am someone who isn't always perfect.

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

I just try to be the best I can, but I'm human.

I am not perfect. That's for sure.

No one is perfect. I would never claim to be that person.

I'm not going to say I'm perfect. I never have.

I'm not perfect. I'm not polished.

I am not a perfect saint, by any means.

I'm not a perfect person - far from it.

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man.

One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.

I am human. I don't think I ever put myself out there to be somebody that was perfect. I put myself out there as somebody who wanted to serve the public.