158 Being Imperfect Quotes

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Famous Being Imperfect Quotes

Perfection itself is imperfection. - Vladimir Horowitz

Perfection itself is imperfection. — Vladimir Horowitz

We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections. — Sidney Poitier

Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together. — Brené Brown

It's the imperfections that make things beautiful. — Jenny Han

Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated. — Helena Bonham Carter

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. — Amy Bloom

Perfection is unattainable, so I like to live in imperfection. — Nikki Sixx

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality. — Shunryu Suzuki

I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect. — Julianne Moore

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways. — Samuel McChord Crothers

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. — George Orwell

A beautiful thing is never perfect. - Egyptian Proverbs

A beautiful thing is never perfect. — Egyptian Proverbs

False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection. — Vladimir Horowitz

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. — Robert H. Schuller

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational. — Hugh Mackay

Short Being Imperfect Quotes

  • Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections. — Diane Von Furstenberg
  • Imperfections are beautiful. They are the window into a person's complexity, depth, and character. — Lex Fridman
  • Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction. — Harry S. Truman
  • I know I'm not perfect. — Carmen Electra
  • I think that not being perfect has given me the freedom to keep getting better. — Gigi Hadid
  • We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government. — William Howard Taft
  • It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist. — Stephen Hawking
  • Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another. — Jane Austen
  • There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness. — Shannon Alder
  • I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being. — Anatole France

Top 10 Being Imperfect Quotes

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. — Marilyn Monroe

It's okay not to be perfect. Your imperfections are what make you YOU. And at the end of the day, people like real people, flaws and all. At least I do. — Camila Cabello

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. — Gerard Way

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy. — Shane Koyczan

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion. — Yohji Yamamoto

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. — Buddha

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. — George Soros

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. — George Soros

The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the instrument. There's no such thing as a perfect clarinet, never was and never will be. — Jack Brymer

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. — Ieyasu Tokugawa

Being Imperfect Image Quotes

Being imperfect quote There's no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your i
There's no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.

I Love Being Imperfect Quotes

I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving. — John Green

I aint sayin I'm requestin anyone that's perfect but I just need a woman that'll make it all worth it. — Drake

I think imperfection is beauty. Instead of being insecure about my muscles, I've learned to love them. I don't even think of it as a flaw anymore because it's made me into the athlete that I am. — Aly Raisman

Being imperfect quote Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

I think that we come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. Raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you are. — Angelina Jolie

I love the very exposed, humorous, imperfect, never-trying to-pretend-to-be-perfect journey that I have been on in my life. — Drew Barrymore

I'm a 'What you see is what I want you to see' kind of girl . . . When I first started, I just wanted to be perfect. I wanted to say I loved bunnies and rainbows and world peace. I realized that the only way to be perfect was to embrace your imperfections. — Olivia Munn

Being imperfect quote Imperfections are beauty, madness is genius and silly is better than boring
Imperfections are beauty, madness is genius and silly is better than boring

Wounds. Broken places. Possibility. Change. Steps toward holiness. Imperfect progress. The hurt in those who hurt me---their underbellies. Grace. Love. Me looking alot more like Jesus than I did before. And to discover through all this seeing---being unglued isn't all that bad. — Lysa TerKeurst

I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Being Perfectly Imperfect Quotes

The closer you come to Jesus, the more faulty you will appear in your own eyes; for your vision will be clearer, and your imperfections will be seen in broad and distinct contrast to His perfect nature. — Ellen G. White

The biblical model is that God deliberately chooses imperfect vessels - those who have been wounded, those with physical or emotional limitations. Then he prepares them to serve and sends them out with their weakness still evident, so that his strength can be made perfect in that weakness. — Christine Caine

I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life. — Kerry Washington

Being imperfect quote I always find beauty in things that are odd, imperfect - they are much more interesting.
I always find beauty in things that are odd, imperfect - they are much more interesting.

My teacher once told me – ”No one is perfect……..that is why pencils have erasers.” — Mahesh Bhatt

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring - Mario Testino

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring — Mario Testino

Because being the right person isn’t about being perfect; it’s about being able to handle whatever life throws at you. — Michael J. Massimino

We can not love everyone and be loved by everyone. It would be perfection, and nothing is perfect in this world. — Paul Pogba

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own. — Isaac Mizrahi

The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect. — James Madison

Humans Being Imperfect Quotes

For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect. — Mahatma Gandhi

Initially, I felt like my duty was to just keep it positive and be positive and sometimes I crack in that. We're human. I'm imperfect at times and that was just me being imperfect at that one point. — Wale

I keep telling myself that I'm a human being, an imperfect human being who's not made to look like a doll, and that who I am as a person is more important than whether at that moment I have a nice figure. — Emma Watson

The true aim of female education should be, not a development of one or two, but all the faculties of the human soul, because no perfect womanhood is developed by imperfect culture. — Frances Harper

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

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. — Dalai Lama

Can you predict the future with absolute certainty? Your answer must be no. You have two options: You can either decide to accept yourself as an imperfect human being with limited knowledge and realize that you will at times make mistakes, or you can hate yourself for it. — David D. Burns

Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame. — Melody Beattie

Never attribute to malice or other deliberate decision what can be explained by human frailty, imperfection, or ignorance. — Harold S. Kushner

Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life. — Branford Marsalis

Imperfect Is Perfect Quotes

A woman who is perfectly woman is superior to a man who is imperfectly man, just as a farmer who is faithful to his land and performs his work perfectly is superior to a king who cannot do his own work. — Julius Evola

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world. — Richard Rohr

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. — Bhagavad Gita

Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections — Bob Marley

Nowadays, with digital printing, it's so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are really what make a piece. — Cindy Sherman

We worship perfection because we can't have it; if we had it, we would reject it. Perfection is inhuman, because humanity is imperfect. — Fernando Pessoa

Nobody's life is perfect, and each individual will have their own struggles and stipulations. — Jake Paul

It is impossible to perform the opera without La Girò because it is impossible to find another prima donna of her caliber. — Antonio Vivaldi

Investing is not a game of perfection. It’s a game of probability. — Raoul Pal

Life is not perfect. It never will be. You just have to make the very best of it, and you have to open your heart to what the world can show you; and sometimes it's terrifying, and sometimes it's incredibly beautiful, and I'll take both. Thanks. — Graham Nash

Perfectly Imperfect Love Quotes

Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely. ... He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. — Sam Keen

Love isn’t about finding the perfect person. Love is about finding an imperfect person and seeing perfection. — Edward Barber

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections — John Legend

The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections. — Djuna Barnes

You're so convinced you'll disappoint people if you show them that you're not perfect. You don't realize you are perfect. Your imperfections are what make you perfect. They make you you. That's what people love. It's what I love too. — Hilary Duff

Love is rarely flawless,” Carter pointed out. “Humans delude themselves by thinking it has to be. It is the imperfection that makes love perfect. — Richelle Mead

God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love. — Joshua L. Liebman

Be kind today....to yourself, remember to be a good friend to yourself, accept that you're doing your best, love your perfect imperfections, be mindful of what you need and give it to yourself, and surround yourself with people who honor, love and cherish you for who you are. — Ian Lawton

Not Being Perfect Quotes

Whatever an individual chooses to do with themselves, long as it doesn't affect me and they're respectful with it, I don't care what they do. Because I'm not perfect and I have flaws, so who would I be to be judgmental? — Kevin Gates

He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. — Bob Marley

Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you. — Bob Marley

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? — Bob Marley

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. — Thomas Merton

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect. — ASAP Rocky

But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily. -Aphrodite — Rick Riordan

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be. — Joyce Meyer

Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel. — Yasmin Mogahed

Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose. — Bo Sanchez

I Am Imperfect Quotes

I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what he likes. However imperfect we are, he writes beautifully. — Mother Teresa

I am a collection of dismantled almosts. - Anne Sexton

I am a collection of dismantled almosts. — Anne Sexton

I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength — Adam Young

I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We don't talk about planes flying; we talk about them crashing. — Tibor Kalman

I found happiness when I realized that as imperfect as I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic. I am God's creation, designed according to His plan for me. That's not to say there isn't room for improvement. I'm always trying to be better so I can better serve Him and the world! — Nick Vujicic

I am not ashamed to reply to you in my mother tongue, however imperfectly, and am glad to be able to show that my fatherland means more to me than anything else — Bedrich Smetana

Pink is what I do. Alecia is who I am. The world has taken Pink and turned it into this thing, a brand – a snarl. — Pink

How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy. — Therese of Lisieux

I am not perfect. I just think that imperfections are beautiful. — Lady Gaga

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown

We Are All Imperfect Quotes

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us-that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect. — Emilio Estevez

We are all works-in-progress. No one is perfect. The most important thing is to keep learning, growing, and evolving every day. — Chatri Sityodtong

We’re all different and we’re all imperfect, and the imperfections are what makes each of us and our work interesting. — Rick Rubin

History balances the frustration of 'how far we have to go' with the satisfaction of 'how far we have come.' It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time. — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us. — Barack Obama

We don't have to be perfect to be a blessing. We are asked only to be real, trusting in His perfection to cover our imperfection, knowing that one day we will finally be all that Christ saved us for and wants us to be. — Gigi Graham

we are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. as we were. as we are no longer. as we will one day not be at all. — Joan Didion

The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of remarkable Christian forbearance among men - were it not for a mawkish humanitarianism, coupled with imperfect digestive powers, we should devour our young, as Nature intended. — Ambrose Bierce

Once, in an age, God sends to some of us a friend who loves in us, not a false imagining, an unreal character, but, looking through all the rubbish of our imperfections, loves in us the divine ideal of our nature, — loves, not the man that we are, but the angel that we may be. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone? — Emilio Estevez

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More Being Imperfect Quotes

If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be imperfect and unhappy. — Fulton J. Sheen

Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering - you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself. — Baal Shem Tov

Don't get upset with your imperfections. It's a great mistake because it leads nowhere - to get angry because you are angry, upset at being upset, depressed at being depressed, disappointed because you are disappointed. So don't fool yourself. Simply surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is always greater than our weakness. — Saint Francis de Sales

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful. — George Boole

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are. — Ellen DeGeneres

So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist. — Stephen Hawking

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections. — Dogen

The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I’d like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order. We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order. — S. Truett Cathy

I'm pretty comfortable with my body. I'm imperfect. The imperfections are there. People are going to see them, but I take the view you only live once. — Kate Hudson

Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance. In fact, what can there be in common between the vile multitude and sublime wisdom? The Truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching proportioned to their imperfect reason. — Albert Pike

I can't be perfect, but I can avoid a second lapse. — James Clear

The best time to start is when things are hard, and when things are imperfect, because they will be imperfect again in the future. — Alex Hormozi

As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we? — Hugh Laurie

Be the woman you want to be, not the woman others expect you to be. — Diane Von Furstenberg

You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown

We must choose. Be a child of the past with all its crudities and imperfections, its failures and defeats, or a child of the future, the future of symmetry and ultimate success. — Frances E. Willard

A marginally better product is worthless. It needs to be ten times better. — Cliff Lerner

You might be sad or happy or chasing a dream or still trying to find one, but whatever you are, you are the truth. Right now, you are perfect. — Alexi Pappas

I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education. — Mahatma Gandhi

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