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“An unhappy gentleman, resolving to wed nothing short of perfection, keeps his heart and hand till both get so old and withered that no tolerable woman will accept them.”

Heart Hands Accepting Marriage Perfection Unhappy Gentleman Matrimony Tolerable Withered Hearts And Hands

Book:Mosses from an Old Manse

Source: Mosses from an Old Manse

“It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.”

Feels Trying Feelings Accepting Aspect Perfection Who You Are Acknowledge Be You Discomfort

Author:Jeff Bridges

“This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is.”

Way Existence Accepting Perfection Divinity

Book:The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center

Source: The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center

“Only when we see that the way of God's law is absolutely inflexible will we see that God's grace is absolutely indispensable. A high view of the law reminds us that God accepts us on the basis of Christ's perfection, not our progress. Grace, properly understood, is the movement of a holy God toward an unholy people. He doesn't cheapen the law or ease its requirements. He fulfills them in his Son, who then gives his righteousness to us. That's the gospel. Pure and simple.”

Source: It Is Finished: 365 Days of Good News

“Task triage is the habit of making a realistic assessment of what degree of perfection is required for a task at the point of accepting it, so one doesn't need to rely on one's habit of procrastinating to lower the bar.”

Needs Accepting Habit Degrees Perfection Tasks Bars Rely Realistic Assessment Procrastinating Triage

Author:John Perry

“Honesty comes only with sound health, physically and psychologically, and an honest mind cannot be separated from the most genuine acknowledgment of expression. It should be recognized that pure perfection is unobtainable. Therefore, the realization that one's irrevocable faults and deficiencies must be faced guides us toward the first step of learning. We must each accept any situation as it actually is, with dignity. In that fine balance of acceptance of self and the mission to better oneself, compassion, humility, and discipline are nurtured.”