Progress Over Perfection Quotes

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.

Success is not something you achieve, conquer, climb, or complete. Success is a process; it's a way of life.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first.

There are no failures, only outcomes. As long as I learn something, I am succeeding.

Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right

Fitness is not about being better than someone else, but it is about being better than what you used to be!

You can't worry about the mistakes, because you're going to make a lot of them. You've got to be thinking about your next move.

Successful people don’t wait for everything to be perfect to move forward.

... imperfection would get me farther than perfection.

You will come closer and closer to perfection, but you will never be perfect. Perfection is not the way of existence. Growth is the way.

As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

The process, not the final achievement, is what it's all about.

I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could.

Practice only makes for improvement.

As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process. Once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten. If we constantly dwell upon the errors, then the error or failure becomes the goal.

Perfection is a theory. You cannot be a perfect human being, perfect artist. You cannot be a perfect husband, you cannot be a perfect father probably and probably I am not. But go through your daily routine with hope you will be a little better in all respects, and do something meaningful

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, but one should always make new ones. Repeating mistakes is a hallmark of dim consciousness.

The 20-minute walk I take is better than the 3-mile run I never start. Having people over for take-out is better than never having people to an elegant dinner party.

Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow.

Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you've got, and fix it as you go.

Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.

With world health, every life you save is a wonderful thing, so it's not this question of whether you solve it or you don't. The chance of completely solving the problems has long odds. But really, the thing is that you get to save the first child, the second child, the third child. You can just feel good about that.