Aiming for Perfection Quotes

Better is the enemy of good.

You want perfection, go to a bowling alley!

I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms.

I think there is something to be said for not coddling people and not accepting good as good enough.

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

If doing something with second-rate effort satisfies you, find something else to do - where only your best effort will satisfy you personally.

The thing with perfection is that it's never perfect.

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.

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.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

If you do anything for 40 years, you can do it comfortably. And it will always be good. But unless you're willing to risk it being bad, it can never be great.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

For me, if I had a magical match that I was so proud of, and I had to work the same person after that again, it was always about topping that last thing and being the best.

Set the bar high - do the best you possibly can.

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones.

I'm a standard overachiever.

I've always gone for a kind of perfection.

The reason it takes me so long to make a film, the reason it gets so difficult, is that I'm trying to think of every film as the last one I will ever make so it can be the best it can possibly be. I don't want to have regrets or excuses or think, 'I can do better next time.'

Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching at air.

Sometimes it's better to make a mark than to hit your mark, and I think I realized that early on.

Whatever it is that you do, dial it up to a 10 because for me people won't necessarily think I am the best wrestler in the world, but I can do what others can't.

When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.