Accepting Imperfection Quotes

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.

There can be no freedom without freedom to fail.

You can wait forever for perfect conditions or you can make do with what you have.

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

Do not be afraid of perfection - you will never attain it.

Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.

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

Perfection isn't human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love--and I mean love, not lust--is the imperfection of the human being. So, when the imperfection of the real person peaks through, say, 'This is a challenge to my compassion.' Then make a try, and something might begin to get going.

The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.

It is perfectly American to be wrong.

I found out along the way that they like you a little imperfect.

We don't charge people for making a mistake or doing something foolish.

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

Don't be afraid to be human - you're human, you're going to have emotional days. You're going to have days when things suck and then some days when things are great, but don't feel guilty because you're experiencing that. Don't feel guilty from being human.

Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

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

Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is — and that’s OK.

We attempted perfection; we wanted an object to be without flaw, so we cut the papers with a razor, pasted them down meticulously, but it buckled and was ruined... that is why we decided to tear prewrinkled paper, so that in the finished work of art imperfection would be an integral part, as if at birth death were built in.

It's okay not to be okay

I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd have to face tomorrow is to eliminate all risk ... I've made the decision that I'm never trying to make everything okay. I'm trying for there to be more loose ends, not fewer loose ends.

I think everybody makes mistakes. People do things that they regret.

Everyone's looking for the perfect teacher, but although their teachings might be divine, teachers are all too human, and that's something people find hard to accept. Don't confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself.