Imperfect Quotes

Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from

All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.

Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them

We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased; if our faults are perceived, we are sad. I remark that in a great many people; if one says anything to them, it disturbs them, it annoys them. The saints were not like that - they were vexed if their virtues were known, and pleased that their imperfections should be seen.

It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering - you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.

Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don't know. The great leaders can't do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own.

Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

This is life and imperfection is beautiful and don’t be afraid of that.

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.

So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.

We worship perfection because we can't have it; if we had it, we would reject it. Perfection is inhuman, because humanity is imperfect.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect - they are much more interesting.

The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.