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| Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. (James Baldwin) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. (Max Beerbohm) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. (Tom Robbins) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. (Harriet Braiker) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. (Goethe) | [▲] | [▼] |
| No one is perfect... that's why pencils have erasers (Unknown) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Nothing that is complete breathes. (Antonio Porchia, Voces) | [▲] | [▼] |
| A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. (John Henry Newman) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in. (Leonard Cohen) | [▲] | [▼] |
| To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. (Elbert Hubbard) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. (William Safire) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Sometimes... when you hold out for everything, you walk away with nothing. (Ally McBeal) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. (Henry van Dyke) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. (Carl Schurz) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect. (Chinese Proverb) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. (Confucius, Analects) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an encore. (Unknown) | [▲] | [▼] |
| When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. (George Fisher) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence. (Rosalynn Carter) | [▲] | [▼] |
| There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions. (Pen Densham, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) | [▲] | [▼] |