Resilience & hope

I’m Not Perfect Quotes and Sayings

Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.

I live, I love, I laugh, I cry. I’m not perfect. No one is, not you or I.
AnonymousTraditional attribution
I know I’m not perfect, but I’m so close it scares me.
AnonymousTraditional attribution
I’m not perfect, but I’m worth it.
AnonymousTraditional attribution
I’m not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.
Kirk CameronAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I’m not perfect, but I’d like to be perfect. I’m working on it.
Shelley LongAttributed in the original GADEL collection
When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.
Donald MillerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He who seeks perfection in a friend will stay without friends.
Yiddish ProverbTraditional attribution
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.
Michael J. FoxAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Confidence doesn’t come from thinking you’re perfect or flawless. That’s arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.
Jeanette WallsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Nobody’s perfect. We’re all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.
Jeannette WallsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time- but even on the best day nobody’s perfect.
Colum McCannAttributed in the original GADEL collection
To attempt finding a perfect person to fall in love with is like trying to catch your own shadow.
GADELAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Perfect people aren’t real, real people aren’t perfect. So either love people for their flaws or hate them because they’re real.
AnonymousTraditional attribution
Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect, it means you’ve decided to live your life in spite of all its imperfections.
Emily TurekAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source

Original title: I’m Not Perfect Quotes and Sayings to Keep You Going

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Only short selections are republished here. The archived original may include longer passages and unverified attributions.

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