Top 100 Quotes About Perfectionism
#1. Perfectionism is a time waster - 20 percent of the effort you put into any project accomplishes 80 percent of the outcome - so this is a time to ask yourself when good enough is enough and then stop.
Mira Kirshenbaum
#2. There's going to be a demand for perfectionism on the part of Hillary Clinton, or any other pro-equality woman candidate, that would not be made of men. There are going to be attacks based on different standards of morality and different standards of dress and physical attractiveness.
Gloria Steinem
#3. Welcoming imperfection is the way to accomplish what perfectionism promises but never delivers. It gives us our best performance and genuine acceptance in the family of human
and by that I mean imperfect
beings.
Martha Beck
#4. A wonderful pastor I know once told me, "Perfectionism is the highest order of self-abuse." So now I try to remind myself that if I engage in perfectionism, I am abusing myself. Period.
Ashley Judd
#5. Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.
Mark Cuban
#6. Our lack of focus is our primary problem and the source of many of our difficulties, like procrastination, trouble setting priorities, trouble dealing with time, trouble finishing projects, perfectionism, and the inevitable demoralization.
Douglas A. Puryear
#7. We're wired for story. In a culture of scarcity and perfectionism, there's a surprisingly simple reason we want to own, integrate, and share our stories of struggle. We do this because we feel the most alive when we're connecting with others and being brave with our stories - it's in our biology.
Brene Brown
#8. But you have to remind yourself that perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
Anne Lamott
#9. In extreme cases of perfectionism, there is no distinction between judgment of one's work and one's sense of value as a person.
Neil A. Fiore
#10. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die.
Anne Lamott
#11. When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.
Gary Zukav
#12. [perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with them.
William Westney
#13. You always try to be perfect, he says, and you always fall short, and it fucks with your head. Your confidence is shot, and perfectionism is the reason.
Anonymous
#14. Perfectionism is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.
Danna Faulds
#15. Our teens are embedded in a culture driven by competition and perfectionism, where success is defined by status, performance and their appearance.
Auliq Ice
#16. At its root, perfectionism isn't really about a deep love of being meticulous. It's about fear. Fear of making a mistake. Fear of disappointing others. Fear of failure. Fear of success.
Michael Law
#17. Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.
Alanis Morissette
#18. Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while
Anne Lamott
#19. Perfectionism is the enemy of the idea muscle. Perfectionism is your brain trying to protect you from harm - from coming up with an idea that is embarrassing and stupid and could cause you to suffer pain.
James Altucher
#20. Whatever happens, there are always things you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have scored a third. That's perfectionism. That's what makes you progress in life.
Eric Cantona
#21. The drive for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever beyond criticism. No
Elizabeth Gilbert
#22. Becoming is better than being. Perfectionism doesn't exist. We need to stretch ourselves and continue learning.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
#23. Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.
Brene Brown
#24. perfectionism is sometimes the most dangerous set of thoughts you can let make their home in your head.
James Altucher
#25. Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world. The best way is to forget doubts and set about the task in hand ... If you are doing your best, you will not have time to worry about failure.
Robert Hillyer
#26. Perfectionism robs you of your freedom.
Steve Brown
#29. It's always helpful to remember that when perfectionism is driving, shame is riding shotgun.
Brene Brown
#30. There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.
Veronica Roth
#31. My kids look actually happy. And I learned early on that perfectionism and parenthood is a toxic combination for everybody involved. In other words, so many things can flourish naturally. All you gotta do is make sure the soil's right. I view myself more like a guide than a ruler.
Dave Chappelle
#32. Fuck you perfectionism. Without you, I am brilliant.
Coco J. Ginger
#35. Insecurity's best cover is perfectionism. That's where it becomes an art form.
Beth Moore
#36. Perfectionism will ruin your writing, blocking inventiveness and playfulness and life force
Anne Lamott
#37. Alexander was in the grip of a passion for perfection. He was not aware of how closely, how perilously, perfectionism and fanaticism are related.
Tove Jansson
#38. Perfectionism is a shield that we carry with a thought process that says this, 'If I look perfect, live perfect, work perfect, and do it all perfectly, I can avoid or minimize feeling shame, blame, and judgement.
Brene Brown
#39. When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis of self-acceptance for those who are so used to driving themselves and trying to please others.
William Westney
#40. I think perfectionism is just a high-end, haute couture version of fear.
Elizabeth Gilbert
#41. At the end of the day, our recovery must be based not on shame or perfectionism or the need to impress others, but on our willingness to be kind to ourselves.
Erica Spiegelman
#42. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .
Gilbert K. Chesterton
#43. Perfectionism is not the path that leads us to our gifts and to our sense of purpose; it's the hazardous detour.
Brene Brown
#44. But in all His relationships, God reaches for man. Reaches for you who have fallen and scraped your heart raw, for you who feel the shame of words that have snaked off your tongue and poisoned corners of your life, for you who keep trying to cover up pain with perfectionism.
Ann Voskamp
#45. Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.
Anne Lamott
#46. In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
Billy Corgan
#47. Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.
Michael Hyatt
#48. When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism...
Assegid Habtewold
#49. Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away.
Geri Halliwell
#50. No number of compliments will convince her of anything, and one of Jacob's projects in their marriage is to wean her off perfectionism.
Maggie Shipstead
#51. Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost essence of talent.
Thomas Mann
#52. How many stress symptoms, illnesses, or injuries do we need to suffer through before we recognize that our obsession with perfectionism enslaves us to crave more - despite wearing ourselves out to the point of exhaustion?
Heidi Hanna
#53. We must understand the need for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever beyond criticism. No matter how many hours you spend to render something flawless, somebody will always be able to find fault with it.
Elizabeth Gilbert
#54. When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!
Brene Brown
#56. Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.
David D. Burns
#57. The culture of shame is driven by fear, blame and disconnection, and it is often a powerful incubator for issues like perfectionism, stereotyping, gossiping and addiction.
Brene Brown
#58. Regret is just perfectionism plus time.
B.J. Novak
#59. When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful.
Kristina Schroder
#60. The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.
Arianna Huffington
#61. At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him from the mean fussing of perfectionism.
John Berger
#62. Perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control.
Steven Barnes
#63. Perfectionism attaches to what is valued in the culture.
Gloria Steinem
#64. The writer Rebecca Solnit puts it well: "So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it's also the enemy of the realistic, the possible, and the fun." Perfectionism
Elizabeth Gilbert
#66. Perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.
Erica Jong
#67. Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.
Maria Shriver
#68. 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.
Julia Cameron
#69. Perfectionism prevents action. Waiting until you have devised the perfect solution to something is merely a form of procrastination.
Staffan Noteberg
#70. It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still fear.
Elizabeth Gilbert
#71. Perfectionism is not the key to success.
Brene Brown
#72. Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.
Bill Johnson
#73. If we want freedom from perfectionism, we have to make the long journey from "What will people think?" to "I am enough." That journey begins with shame resilience, self-compassion, and owning our stories.
Brene Brown
#74. My friend Annabel calls it "Reverse Perfectionism" - if a man thinks he can't do something perfectly, he'd rather not do it at all ...
Shelli NT
#75. 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.
Brene Brown
#76. There is a difference between obsessive perfectionism and taking time to create something that is the best you can offer. Knowing what needs to be better and stretching to improve yourself is what separates the mediocre from the marvelous.
Suzanna Reeves
#77. I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.
Veronica Roth
#78. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, judgment, and shame.
Brene Brown
#79. Perfectionism: the need to be right instead of being right.
Ira Glass
#80. Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?
Brene Brown
#81. Perfectionism will make you sour, mean, and judgmental, and it will rob you of the freedom Jesus died to give you.
Steve Brown
#82. Perfectionism may look good in his shiny shoes, but he's a little bit of an asshole and no one invites him to their pool parties.
Ze Frank
#83. The wholesome pursuit of excellence feels quite different from perfectionism.
Sharon Salzberg
#84. Perfectionism is an ugly habit until you get results.
Bryan Way
#85. Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting.
Eva Mendes
#86. Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring.
John Eliot
#87. In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.
Alanis Morissette
#88. Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .
Dan Miller
#89. Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from taking flight.
Brene Brown
#90. It may just be that you are developing a quiet doggedness. This is priceless. Perfectionism, on the other hand, will only drive you mad.
Anne Lamott
#91. Perfectionism is searching for faults to justify low self-esteem. It is a guaranteed failure and fantasy.
Brittany Burgunder
#92. Perfectionism is one way our muscles cramp. In some cases we don't even know that the wounds and the cramping are there, but both limit us. They keep us moving and writing in tight, worried ways.
Anne Lamott
#93. Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.
John Rawls
#94. If you are a real perfectionist, you can't finish any job! We, the mortals, we don't have enough time to be perfectionist! Perfectionism is the art of immortals!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#95. When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.
Sharon Salzberg
#96. The fear of failure, the fear of being imperfect (perfectionism), and the fear of impossible expectations (being overwhelmed) that prevent us from acting on and attaining humanly possible goals and relationships.
Neil A. Fiore
#97. Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection.
Jenni Schaefer
#98. Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.
Brene Brown
#99. Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.
Brene Brown
#100. Perfectionism is the fear of being criticized.
Caroline Myss
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