Perfectionism is a shield that we carry with a thought process that says this, 'If I look perfect, live perfect, work perfect, and do it all perfectly, I can avoid or minimize feeling shame, blame, and judgement.
Brené BrownTag: perfectionism gifts-of-imperfect-parenting
I don't know who started this thing about being perfect but the sooner we ditch that idea the happier we all will be!
Alastair ArnottTag: perfectionism positive-failure
You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Because doing anything results in...it's actually kind of tragic because you sacrifice how gorgeous and perfect it is in your head for what it really is. And there were a couple of years where I really struggled with that.
David Foster WallaceTag: fear beauty idealism creativity ideals writers-block perfection inertia perfectionism infp idealists perfection-and-confusion perfectionists
If you are a real perfectionist, you can’t finish any job! We, the mortals, we don’t have enough time to be perfectionist! Perfectionism is the art of immortals!
Mehmet Murat ildanTag: perfectionism
Our culture is obsessed with perfection, especially when it comes to the way women look. The parameters of acceptability as far as physical appearance go are so limiting that only a handful of women actually fall into this category. And the rest of us are left to either squeeze ourselves into molds that don't fit, hating ourselves all the while, or we just give up entirely.
Yancy LaelTag: sexism perfectionism body-image healing-the-past women-s-inspirational
I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards which we must work is either to extend the boundaries of the patches of light, or to increase their number. One of these tasks falls to the creative genius; the other requires a sort of sagacity combined with perfectionism.
Denis DiderotTag: science work dark light genius goal perfectionism landscape boundaries creative picture realm task sagacity immense vast
As we try to achieve perfection, society changes and we just become more imperfect
Joao MatodTag: society change perfection imperfect imperfection perfectionism inspire
--what's really unique about maternal anxiety today is our belief that if something goes wrong with or for our children, it's a reflection on us as mothers. Because we believe we should be able to control life so perfectly that we can keep bad things from happening.
Judith WarnerTag: motherhood anxiety perfectionism judith-warner
We seem to feel as though the life our children have -- that we have built for them -- is just a delicate house of cards, held together by the most intricate balancing of all its carefully selected components, and that the slightest shock, the slightest jar to all our perfect orchestration, will bring the whole edifice crashing down.
Judith WarnerTag: motherhood anxiety perfectionism judith-warner house-of-cards
Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough.
Michael JacksonTag: perfectionism
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