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First it was passion, then it became duty, and finally an intolerable burden.

—Carl Jung

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Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring.

—John Eliot, Ph.D.

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The honeymoon is over when he phones that he'll be late for supper — and she has already left a note that it's in the refrigerator.

—Bill Lawrence

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No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

—John Eliot, Ph.D.

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I do think imperfection's underrated.

—Herbert Spencer

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Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.

—Dr. David M. Burns

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

—Burk Hudson

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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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

—Anna Quindlen

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I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man.

—Alexander Hamilton

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Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.

—Unknown

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The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war.

—Unknown

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Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.

—Unknown

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Tao. Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.

—Woodrow Wilson

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