Acceptance of Flaws Quotes

It is hard living down the tempers we are born with. We all begin well, for in our youth there is nothing we are more intolerant of than our own sins writ large in others and we fight them fiercely in ourselves; but we grow old and we see that these our sins are of all sins the really harmless ones to own, nay that they give a charm to any character, and so our struggle with them dies away.

I think it's important that things are flawed.

I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.

You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

I wrote an episode for 'thirtysomething,' and a producer said, 'That's really good, but what is it about? What does it say about you? What questions are you asking yourself?' I had never thought about that. This comment changed who I was, because it made me look at my own soul, the dark corners in my soul, and accept that dark side.

I do think imperfection's underrated.

I do love giving advice, but I try not to forget how flawed I am as well. And how many mistakes I've made.

He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.

I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know... and that is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names.

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.

As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.

I'm not above criticism.

She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.

We endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay. But adult love means you're not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.

There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.

But there's the beauty of life beyond the bubble. It's possible for someone to see your wicked bits and still love you.

When you love someone, you don't see parts of him you don't like.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can aim for it, but you already know you won't get there because it doesn't exist. Plus, I definitely think the flaws, little cracks, and accidents are a lot more interesting.

All I can say is that you make me... you make me into someone I couldn't even imagine. You make me happy, even when you're awful. I would rather be with you - even the you that you seem to think is diminished - than with anyone else in the world.

When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that person has bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that's it. I'd rather embrace it than force myself to change.