Teddy Bridgewater Quotes

Perfectionists are their own devils.

I've always had that personality that nothing was never good enough.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

With every job I watch, I can't find peace with what I've done. It's never good enough in my mind. I will never be happy if I'm in that mindset, unless I get a review that starts: 'Once in a generation.'

I'll never be satisfied in classical ballet. It'll never be good enough. I'll never be happy with most of my product.

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

I'm never happy with my performance.

I've always been very hard on myself, it's the way that works with me.

I am tough on myself. It's just how I am. I hold myself to a standard.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

Sometimes it seemed like it was never good enough, no matter what I did.

I'm a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it's still not perfect, you know?

It's hard to get me to even say I played good. That's just in me. I'm just never satisfied. A lot of my friends get annoyed by it.

I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.

I am highly critical of myself. I am never satisfied with my work.

Life does not measure up to performing... Performing is perfect.

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship.

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

I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

Everybody wants to be perfect.