Striving for Perfection Quotes

Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Better is the enemy of good.

I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.

I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist.

Do not be afraid of perfection - you will never attain it.

You want perfection, go to a bowling alley!

The good is always the enemy of the best.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

I want everything to be perfect, if I'm going to do it.

When we go out there, I want to be the act that, no matter who's in that crowd, they've never seen a better act than me. I'm gonna empty the tank.

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.

It's all that pretending to be perfect that breeds inauthenticity in the church.

We have laboured long to build a heaven, only to find it populated with horrors.

When I was a carpenter, I once worked with this Russian lady architect. I would tell her, ‘Look, I’m terribly sorry, but I want to change that a half inch,’ and she would say, ‘No limit for better.’ I think that is a worthy credo. You keep on going until you get it as close to being right as the time and patience of others will allow.

Everybody has a down day, no one's perfect; no one's having the most idyllic life. I mean, I guess everybody wants to project positivity to the outside world, but if we're honest, no one's going to have 24/7 bliss.

I don't even bother trying to picture a perfect world, because I don't think that perfection is something to strive for. I prefer imperfection. That's what makes things special. You know, things that change

What I've tried to do is focus on either my job or being a mom, and just go really hard on that so that I can feel like I'm doing my best job at both roles.

I'm not the perfectionist anymore. It's my staff. They're the ones always insisting on doing something better and better.

You can't do a fine thing without having seen fine examples.

We ought to feel in our hearts that God is our Father, and that while we make mistakes and are weak yet if we live as nearly perfect as we can all will be well with us.

Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.

A perfectionist? That's part of my job.

I have orders not to come back until I'm a thousand percent.