Maria Bamford Quotes

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

We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?

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.

It took me a while to learn, but we are allowed to make mistakes and have flaws.

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.

I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.

I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time."-A Great and Terrible Beauty

Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

the more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off. And now I am simply resigned to see myself always imperfect and in this I find my joy.

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always. The conscience really does not, and ought not to monopolizethe whole of our lives, any more than the heart or the head. It is as liable to disease as any other part.

Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most successful, the cutest or the one with the fastest time. Forgive yourself for not winning every round. Forgive yourself for being afraid. But don’t let yourself off the hook, never forgive yourself, for not caring or not trying.

The thing I have to keep in mind and I try to keep in mind about myself, about anyone, is you do the best you can do at the time.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage

Try to be the best of what you are, even if what you are is no good.

When you do your best you learn to accept yourself

You're human. You'll screw up. Denying that is crazy. Forgiving yourself has all the benefits of self-esteem without making you a narcissist that's out of touch with reality.

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

And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect; nothing is, and no one is - and that's OK.

Comfort is everything. You start doing something and you want it to be perfect right away, but most babies are born ugly and then they shake it out and you get beautiful toddlers.

Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.

Failure is not a disgrace if you have sincerely done your best.

We can’t all be better than everyone else.

I shouldn't be right for every role, because I'm not.

I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best.