Shawn Crahan Quotes

I don't always have to be the best. Things don't always have to be perfect.

There's no such thing as being perfect, and that doesn't just mean the perfect body.

I don't have to try to be perfect at everything.

I'm done with trying to be perfect. A perfect body belongs to somebody else - and it's not me.

I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.

It's been hard, but I've finally come to the realization that it's okay to not be perfect.

Unless they're superhuman, nobody's going to look perfect all the time.

I digested this value system that told me there was no one for me unless I reached a certain type of perfection. And as you get older, you realize that ideal is constantly changing.

It's too distracting to read about yourself. You want to be perfect and you want everyone to love you, and that's never going to happen.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

I am certainly not perfect. I don't think you should try to be perfect for anyone. When you come to terms with that, then you're OK.

Everybody wants to be perfect.

I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're not perfect; none of us are perfect. And sometimes we aspire to have these ideas in our heads of what perfection is, and I probably would've been better off if I'd left myself alone.

As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.

It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's perfect and doesn't have a zit somewhere.

Don't waste even a minute magnifying your perceived inadequacies. You can't do it all. Why berate yourself for not achieving the impossible?

I am not a perfectionist. Perfection doesn't exist in real life. It's a wrong title for me.

Whenever I'm feeling down, I remind myself that my flaws make me perfect, because in reality there is no perfect.

I've tried to figure out ways to be less pleased other than the search for perfection. Talk about a thing that'll make you have a miserable life. On that quest, on that journey, down that path, there's a lot of feelings of, 'Why am I doing all this?'

I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.

I'm alright with being disliked rather than trying to be perfect, because you get to relax then.

Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.

I stopped beating up on myself. I stopped asking myself why I didn't sell this number of records, why I don't have corporate sponsorship. I just don't buy into any of that anymore.

I think there's so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perfect thing - and they don't. Perfect people don't exist. Sometimes people need to be told it.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.