7 Quotes to Relax You Through Proving That Perfection Does Not Exist
A recipe to avoid unnecessary disappointments
Perceiving life through the filter of perfection can be a quite tiring experience. This is because it is a process of constant comparison between what you expect in your head, and what you see in your external world.
This approach does not only prevent one from experiencing life without measuring everything on an ideality scale, but it also causes unnecessary disappointments.
So today I’d like to share with you 7 quotes to relax you through proving that perfection does not exist and hope it will as strong of a reminder as it has been for me to prioritize experiencing life rather than constantly criticizing it.
1-“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.” ― Leo Tolstoy
2-“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be lived. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically lived.” ― Mandy Hale
3-“Have no fear of perfection — you’ll never reach it.”
— Salvador Dali
4-“To demand perfection is a sure way to be disappointed in everybody, for you will be bound to think ill of others.” — Monica Fairview
5-“Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.” — W. Somerset Maugham
6-“An artist obsessed with perfection is bound to dim the light of his art.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
7-“Perfection is man’s ultimate illusion. It simply doesn’t exist in the universe.”
— David D. Burns
Final thoughts
Today I’ve shared with you 7 quotes to relax you through proving that perfection does not exist, and hope you’ve found them beneficial.
Thank you for reading.
-E.K.
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