Top 100 Quotes About Being Perfect
#1. I'm just flowing through, when I see things, I talk about 'em. And it's cool. I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it. I'm not perfect, and I'm just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time
Nas
#2. Training the intellect does not result in intelligence. Intelligence comes into being when one acts in perfect harmony, both intellectually and emotionally.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
#3. Everything is at its best when it's doing exactly what it was created for. A lamp gives light. An apple gives sustenance and refreshment. A chair is perfect in being exactly what it is
a chair.
Wendy Mass
#4. Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect.
Dav Pilkey
#5. 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
Mikhail Baryshnikov
#6. I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.
Laura Lippman
#7. Samadhi is perfect absorption to the point where there is no sense of being absorbed, not the consciousness of knowing that you are having an experience.
Frederick Lenz
#8. when you go after the perfect architecture. The difference between the right architecture and the perfect architecture is the difference between finishing a project, and being fired for never finishing the project. You need to seek an architecture that meets the purpose of the project.
Bett Correa-Bollhoefer
#9. When I turned about 18 or 19, I was really ready to, like, stop being - stop being seen in this, like, perfect light.
Hilary Duff
#10. Life isn't about being perfect and sometimes life sure as hell isn't about having perfect timing. It just is. Either you embrace it or you lose your opportunity to what could be something amazing.
M. Clarke
#11. So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.
Halsey
#12. The most important therapeutic capacity is the ability to be present with an open heart and to be grounded in our inner being,in our essence and authentic self, in the meditative quality within, through which we can meet another person. It is to meet that which is already perfect within a person.
Swami Dhyan Giten
#13. Thank you, yard sales, for being the perfect way to say to your neighbors: 'We think we're important enough to charge money for our garbage.'
Jimmy Fallon
#14. Women know no perfect love:
Loving the strong, they can forsake the strong;
Man clings because the being whom he loves
Is weak and needs him.
George Eliot
#15. O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives.
Jim Morrison
#16. For many of us homemakers our greatest fear is in being found incompetent, insufficient, and ineffective. We prefer to look like we've got it all together. We give lip service to the idea that nobody's perfect, but we would rather die trying to prove that we're the exception to the rule.
Gloria Furman
#17. Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part ... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.
Catherine Keener
#18. If earthly fathers, who are sinful, ordinarily want to make their children happy, "how much more" committed is our perfect heavenly Father to our well-being and happiness?
Timothy J. Keller
#19. ...we'd be okay. Not perfect, not entirely healthy, not even rational where our love for one another was concerned. Just okay. Merely sufficient, at best. But there'd be only acceptance - never shame - in being two divine failures as we emerged from slumber, perfectly flawed, and wide awake.
AngstGoddess003
#20. Being a great fighter is having a perfect balance of having that toughness, skill, as well as that mental capability to be able to out-think you opponent.
Rashad Evans
#21. He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it.
Nathanael West
#22. Being an investment banker is pretty much the perfect job for an all around triple-threat genius, and because I'm doing so well with it, I know I'm actually smarter than certifiable geniuses like Stephen Hawking and Einstein.
A.D. Aliwat
#24. I used to think of George Michael as being mechanical, like a scientist in a white coat, working in a laboratory, creating perfect harmonies, and all the while I was secretly admiring him.
Boy George
#25. I would just say try it and see if you like it. See how it makes you feel and remember that it's not about being perfect, it's about just doing your best. I think it would have tremendous benefits for everyone.
Jayne Middlemiss
#26. The perfect view of existence comes from an unclouded, uncluttered life and mind whereby the radiance of perfect attention of the mind of the universe floods us at every moment. This is Buddhism. This is being on the path.
Frederick Lenz
#27. Here my sister, after a fit of clappings and screamings, beat her hands upon her bosom and upon her knees, and threw her cap off, and pulled her hair down - which were the last stages on her road to frenzy. Being by this time a perfect fury and a complete success, she made a dash to the door
Charles Dickens
#28. Like the perfect beach vacation, where the routine is so blissfully uneventful that when you return home and friends ask how your trip was, you can't really recall what exactly you did to fill up so many hours. That's what being with Dex is like.
Emily Giffin
#29. If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot become perfect here and now, we never can in any state or heaven or condition we may imagine.
Swami Vivekananda
#31. Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life.
Leo Buscaglia
#32. Any guy, even imaginary, would just feel like second best. Second best to what? I don't even have an image of the perfect boyfriend. I just know he must exist. Because I have all these feelings-love, longing, wanting to be touched, dreaming of being kissed-yet no one to focus them on.
Tabitha Suzuma
#33. So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.
Swami Vivekananda
#34. There are two kinds of perfect: The one you can never achieve, and the other, by just being yourself.
Lauren King
#35. It would clearly not be an improvement to build all houses exactly alike in order to create a perfect market for houses, and the same is true of most other fields where differences between the individual products prevent competition from ever being perfect.
Friedrich August Von Hayek
#36. We're all weirdos, and people want to work so hard to fit into society, but it's like, no matter what you do, you're never going to be what society depicts as what's perfect, because that's not real. The only point that you have to make is that 'I'm being me.'
Keke Palmer
#37. With the Musgroves there was the happy chat of perfect ease;[ ... ] and with Captain Wentworth, some moments of communication continually occurring, and always the hope of more, and always the knowledge of his being there.
Jane Austen
#38. No relationship is perfect and no human being is perfect.
Amerie
#39. Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
Thomas Jefferson
#40. I was being flirted with for 'Modern Family,' which my wife still hasn't let me live down, but it's one of those things where that show is so brilliant because the casting couldn't be any more perfect. It wouldn't have been right for me, and I wouldn't have been right for it.
Josh Gad
#41. But the more you make the choice to live above your feelings, to trust God instead of what you may feel like doing, the stronger your faith becomes. It's not about being perfect. We will always been on a journey of growing closer to God.
Tim Tebow
#42. I was told i was conceited today ... but being conceited would imply that i see my self as being absolutely perfect ... but come on lets be real ... EVERYONE KNOWS IM PERFECT.
Arik Maldonales
#43. Aside from blow jobs, though, I'm through with being the perfect girlfriend, just through with it. Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius.
Sheila Heti
#44. A bat flies straight towards my face. it gives me a perfect view of of possibly one of the ugliest creatures alive. It has long ears and what looks like a piece of salad on the end of its nose. I'm being attacked by Master Yoda with wings!
J.E. Fison
#45. I believe the best influence you can have is not by being preachy, but by trying to live. For example, knowing you're not perfect, but trying to treat everyone kind and accepting everyone for who they are.
Paul Butcher
#46. Nobody is perfect, so get over the fear of being or doing everything perfectly. Besides perfect is boring.
Jillian Michaels
#47. Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the
best they can. It's not about being perfect, it's about doing
something. If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever
get there.
Laurie David
#48. One in All
All in One
If only this is realized,
No more worry about your not being perfect (175)
Edward Conze
#49. Love becomes perfect only when it transcends itself
Becoming One with its object; Producing Unity of Being.
Hakim
#50. Many working mothers feel guilty about not being at home. And when they are there, they wish it could be perfect. This pressure to make every minute happy puts working parents in a bind when it comes to setting limits and modifying behavior.
Cathy Rindner Tempelsman
#51. Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
Gerard Way
#52. I love my job. But I like to have fun at work. So I don't get finicky if one strand of hair is standing out in a shot. I don't get finicky about broken nails. I don't let small things affect me. I'm not perfect. Nobody is. There's no fun in being perfect. I enjoy my work; there's no pressure on me.
Sonakshi Sinha
#53. The Universe should be deemed an immense Being, always living, always moved and always moving in an eternal activity inherent in itself, and which, subordinate to no foreign cause, is communicated to all its parts, connects them together, and makes the world of things a complete and perfect whole.
Albert Pike
#54. A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.
Taylor Mali
#55. Because no being can live in a perfect world. Life is destined to fight to survive. To thrive. To prosper. To have more than the have-nots. All life destroys in order to live.
Darynda Jones
#56. Drop all negative thoughts from the mind. Do not dwell on adversity but think plenty into everything, for there is power in the word. Meditate on the things you are doing as being already done - complete and perfect.
Ernest Holmes
#57. I'm still working on my time machine. If I ever perfect it, I'm going back in time to prevent Ace Ventura 2 from being made. And then I'm going after Hitler.
Andy Kindler
#58. Being on the path means we again meditate with joy. We deal with the suffering of life and the pain of existence without perfect enlightenment with a smile.
Frederick Lenz
#60. In terms of creative engagement, I just love being able to produce, produce, produce. You don't always get it perfect, but it has much more of an improvisational element, and you learn.
Alex Hirsch
#61. In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with cooking. You can't say, 'Oh, I don't feel well, so I'm going to put out a crappy plate.'
Bryan Volpenhein
#62. The perfect of yesterday / today, may not last till tomorrow.
And for not being perfect yesterday / today, doesn't mean that tomorrow will be the same.
Ezekiel Mosoatsi
#63. You are a perfect spiritual being. Get used to that idea.
Chris Prentiss
#64. No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.
Ty Cobb
#65. The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with its surroundings ... and there is no trouble. This is what we mean by naturalness.
Shunryu Suzuki
#66. Perfect! Now we're being chased by hoards of monkeys! Perhaps you would care to name their species as we're attacked, just so I can appreciate the special traits of said monkey as it kills me!"
"At least when the monkeys are harassing you, you dont have any time to harass me!
Colleen Houck
#67. Commitment isn't about being perfect, always following through, or never going astray. Commitment means that when you (inevitably) stumble or get off track, you pick yourself up, find your bearings, and carry on in the direction you want to go.
Russ Harris
#68. One of the staples of discussion about basic aesthetic principles is that art has to exist for its own self and cannot be prostituted to advance any particular cause or point of view. Perfect nonsense, of course, but that doesn't keep it from being repeated ad nauseam.
Douglas Wilson
#69. Is it possible, finally, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We
Haruki Murakami
#70. Imagine," she said, her face turning serious for a moment, "imagine if something happened to one of us and there was no Easter egg hunt next year, imagine if everything stopped being perfect - you would wish so hard that you'd taken part today . . .
Lisa Jewell
#71. Jesus Christ was the most perfect being to ever walk this planet and he was persecuted and nailed to the cross ... so please don't be surprised when we get a little static.
Phil Robertson
#72. In the depth of our heart, we already know that we are perfect as we are. In the depth of our inner being, we already know that life is perfect as it is.
Swami Dhyan Giten
#73. To me, I don't think it does anybody any good to just hide something or cover it up or lie or whatever. I think ... that's what being a role model is all about. It's not about being perfect. It's about speaking about your issues and inspiring others to get help.
Demi Lovato
#74. One year before the Rapture " ... that proves how marvellous God's love is, even for the most miserable human beings, being that demons can never take a human figure in a perfect form, and so the most stupid people are able to discover them." Nicholas Remy, Daemonolatreiae libri tres, 1595.
Phillip W. Simpson
#75. I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.
Simone Elkeles
#76. No man has a more perfect reliance on the alwise and powerful dispensations
of the Supreme Being than I have, nor thinks His aid more necessary.
George Washington
#77. That thing over there was more there than it's there!
Yes, sometimes I cry about the perfect body that doesn't exist.
But the perfect body is the bodiest body there can be,
And the rest are the dreams men have,
The myopia of someone who doesn't look very much,
Alberto Caeiro
#78. The wildest part is that Jesus doesn't have to love us. His being is utterly complete and perfect, apart from humanity. He doesn't need me or you. Yet He wants us, chooses us, even considers us His inheritance (Eph. 1:18). The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
Francis Chan
#79. I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being perfect, the imprint of a beautiful and useful truth would be taken.
John Updike
#80. He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.
Richelle Mead
#81. I've let go of being a super perfectionist on every single note and wanting the pitch to be absolutely perfect all of the time. I grew up watching the best of the best.
Solange Knowles
#82. This leaf here took forever to become that perfect leaf. We're that. We're work in progress. That's actually being alive.
Daphne Zuniga
#83. In this perfect world, there are certain imperfections that catch your eye. That's what works for me. I don't concentrate on being perfect, but instead put that effort behind my craft and being true to myself. I don't conform to pressures outside of me. I am confident about myself.
Sonakshi Sinha
#84. We start with the perfect experience and then work backward. That's how we're going to continue to be successful.
Brian Chesky
#85. Being perfect is boring. It's the imperfections that make us perfect.
Jessie J.
#86. My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member.
Nicola Sturgeon
#87. Have patience with all things but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.
Saint Frances De Sales
#88. Philosophies change by the day while God never changes, simply because, being perfect, He does not have to change!
Jimmy Swaggart
#89. Man is the being, among whom only a small minority of the elite ones, find the Greatness of Glorious God, from the study of things and therefrom acquire perfect faith. But the same tool has become the means of deviation for the rest of them.
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
#90. The trouble is that so many people, most of them women, think they have to have a perfect body to be loved. But all it has to do is be capable of loving---and being loved.
Nina George
#91. Being an example to others is a requirement of following Jesus, even though none of us will ever be a perfect example.
Tim Hiller
#92. For much of my life I floundered under the excuse of "nobody's perfect," the liberating and over-used phrase that affords guys like me the freedom to pile up sins in a careless and unchecked way. Ironically, being perfect is precisely what we are called to be!
Tarek Saab
#93. A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree ... they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.
Bobbi Romans
#94. Perfection is real. It occurs when you find that other part of you, that other person, that when combined you become one, perfect being.
Shannan Jacoby
#95. The pure perfect truth of life is that we are here to create heaven on earth, to bring the perfection of what is above down to us, and in doing so to become transformed as human being into something great and beautiful.
Kathleen McGowan
#96. It isn't necessary to be perfect to be a channel for the universe. You just have to be real- be yourself. The more real, honest, and spontaneous you are, the more freely the creative force can flow through you.
Shakti Gawain
#97. The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
Francis Chan
#98. It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.
Jane Austen
#99. Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
Jonny Wilkinson
#100. The more one needs God the more perfect he is. To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself. It is the saddest thing in the world if a human being goes through life without discovering that he needs God!
Soren Kierkegaard
