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Have no fear of perfection

 

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. - Salvador Dali

Laughter is inner jogging. - Norman Cousins

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. - Elsa Maxwell

Perfection is a road, not a destination. Every time I live, I get an education. - Burk Hudson

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. - Eugene Delacroix

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.  - Anna Quindlen

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. - Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault. - Dr. David M. Burns

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. - Eleanor Roosevelt




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