Nick Hornby Quotes

Humans are ridiculous. We're all pathetic strivers who will fall short. If you can accept that, it's optimistic because you can shoot for the moon and know you're never going to get there, and that's OK.

I'm learning to let go of the idea of trying to be perfect.

People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

Forgive me, that I manage badly, Manage badly but live gloriously, That I leave traces of myself in my songs, That I appeared to you in waking dreams.

As a therapist, I know that when you're vulnerable, the best way to move on is to admit your vulnerability, don't beat yourself up for it, and try to find a way to analyze your vulnerability. Pull up your socks and try to do better for you and your family.

Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

I've learned that it's OK to be flawed.

You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

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

I just have to be myself. I'm not perfect, and I'm going to make mistakes; I might say the wrong thing. I have to be responsible to my community, and I feel like I am, but then I have to not be so hard on myself.

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

As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.

I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.

I can live with myself.

I know I'm not perfect.

No life is perfect; we all have our problems and issues, and I believe that it's good to be true to who you are.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

I know that sounds selfish, but you have to look at what it's doing to you personally - are you frustrated because of the way people perceive you, or are you happy enough about the things you've realized about yourself that you can tolerate the way people perceive you?

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.

We can still do good for others and do good for ourselves. I would wither and die, truthfully. I need to be somewhere where the light's on me.

I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know I'm vulnerable too and each one of us is.

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.