84 Imperfection Quotes About Embracing Your Flaws
Published April 28, 2022
These imperfection quotes will remind you that our flaws are what define us as humans and connect us to one another.
In today’s age where social media and technology are so intertwined with our lives that nearly every facet seems to be on display, it’s natural to become overly conscious of one’s every imperfection.
It is human nature to watch others and compare ourselves to them, so when all of our friends seem to broadcast lives of complete perfection, it’s easy to feel that we fall short.
Can’t there be value and beauty in imperfection?
In fact, many would argue that it takes special strength to be intentionally vulnerable, without feeling shame.
Instead of imperfection equating to weakness, many would say that these flaws actually are perfection in themselves.
Others may say they are an opportunity for growth.
The quotes and sayings below reflect on the true meaning of imperfection.
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Imperfection Quotes About Striving for Perfection
1. “Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali
2. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw
3. “Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice reduces the imperfection.” – Toba Beta
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4. “There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.” – Denis Waitley
5. “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
6. “There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.” – Eckhart Tolle
7. “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” – John C. Maxwell
8. “The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.” – Edgar Allan Poe
9. “Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.” – Henry Petroski
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10. “Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.” – Vincent Van Gogh
11. “To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.” – Lao Tzu
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12. “Mistakes are acceptable if they’re the result of moving forward.” – Andrew Yang
Imperfection quotes about its value
13. “To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.” – John Ruskin
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14. “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.” – Brené Brown
15. “Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.” – W. Somerset Maugham
16. “No one is perfect… absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace.” – Richard Simmons
17. “Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.” – Ariana Grande
18. “I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I’m not afraid of my flaws.” – Lady Gaga
19. “The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.” – Nas
20. “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” – Bruce Lee
21. “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” – Steve Jobs
22. “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha
23. “Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.” – Carl Jung
24. “Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction – only disappointment.” – Ryan Holiday
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Imperfection quotes about vulnerability and mistakes
25. “Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.” – Brené Brown
26. “The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability… When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and sensibility and brings people together, the team wins.” – Howard Schultz
27. “We’re often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes.” – Marianne Williamson
28. “I’m very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.” – Naomi Campbell
29. “The great comics can fall on their faces, but then they can say, ‘Oh, baby, you’re the greatest.’ They show their heart and their vulnerability.” – Chris Farley
30. “When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be vulnerable.” – Madeleine L’Engle
31. “When you’re willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be.” – Jonathan Van Ness
32. “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.” – Michael Jordan
33. “We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies – it is the first law of nature.” – Voltaire
34. “I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.” – Marilyn Monroe
35. “You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” – John Wooden
Imperfection quotes about the beauty of your flaws
36. “We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That’s what connects us–that we’re all broken, all beautifully imperfect.” – Emilio Estevez
37. “Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty.” – Amit Ray
38. “I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I’d rather be imperfect than perfect.” – Sonam Kapoor
39. “There is beauty and humility in imperfection.” – Guillermo del Toro
40. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe
41. “At some point, I’m just of the mind that no art is perfect, and it shouldn’t be perfect. I think it’s beautiful in its imperfection. You could tweak something forever, but you have to let it go and trust it.” – Colman Domingo
42. “If someone is too perfect they won’t look good. Imperfection is important.” – Eric Cantona
43. “Klutziness is endearing. I like imperfection.” – Elizabeth Banks
44. “There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.” – James Salter
Quotes About Imperfection and Human Nature
45. “One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist…..Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.” – Stephen Hawking
46. “No human being should be a role model. We all have flaws.” – Jim Brown
47. Drama is about imperfection. And we’ve moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull.” – Hugh Laurie
48. “But life isn’t something that should be edited. Life shouldn’t be cut. The only way you’ll ever discover what it truly means to be alive and human is by sharing the full experience of what it means to be human and each blemish and freckle that comes with it.” – Iain Thomas
49. “The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
50. “I can deal with imperfection, but I can’t deal with people who lie to themselves and lie to the world to make the world feel better.” – Bibi Bourelly
51. “If you ask people what attracted them to the person they love, they never tell you of some perfect feature that focused them on sheer surfaces but rather an imperfection that allowed them to see into their uncharted depths.” – Eugene Kennedy
52. “The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.” – Ben Okri
53. “Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side… we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life.” – Jeff Bridges
54. “Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God’s way of moving you in another direction.” – Oprah Winfrey
Other imperfection quotes and sayings
55. “Dont brag about being perfect..imperfections are what makes you attractive..” – Sandra Chami Kassis
56. “The road to perfection winds through a land called imperfection.” – Bangambiki Habyarimana
57. “Fire makes me believe that there is a flame in a spark.” – Sandra
58. “Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people and the right attitude helps us create harmony amongst these imperfect people.” – Itayi Garande
59. “Embrace the honesty of imperfection and you will be unstoppable.” – Alice Bag
60. “Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.” – Simon Van Booy
61. “Everything was real, not perfect. And yet that’s what had made it so perfect.” – Sarah Winman
62. “It is okay to be flawed and defective, or even wonderful.” – David D. Burns
63. Imperfection doesn’t disqualify you from helping others — it makes you more qualified to give advice in the area you learned from.” – Adam Smith
64. “Accept yourself irrespective of your imperfection and express your skills.” – Israelmore Ayivor
Imperfection Quotes to See The Real Beauty In You
65. “No person is completely wicked, just as no person is perfect. We are all grey.” – Sweety Shinde
66. “Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.” – Daphne Delacroix
67. “She was completely whole and yet never fully complete.” – Maquita Donyel Irvin
68. “I’m not looking for the perfect man. I’m looking for the man whose imperfections I can put up with.” – Devon Ashley
69. “Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.” – Brene Brown
70. “Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be lived. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically lived.” – Mandy Hale
71. “Don’t pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world? Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life, and it’d lose even its imperfection.” – Haruki Murakami
72. “To love another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task…tremendous and foolish and human.” – Louise Erdrich
73. “God knows I’m not perfect, either.” – Hideaki Anno
74. “Imperfection is a form of freedom.” – Anh Ngo
Imperfection Quotes To Inspire Greatness
75. “There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.” — Conrad Hall
76. “Perfection itself is imperfection.” — Vladimir Horowitz
77. “Imperfection is perfection.” — Flume
78. “It’s not about finding relevance or perfection or imperfection in objects, but it’s that you can accept yourself and then go out and accept others.” — Jeff Koons
79. “Public policy is a study in imperfection. It involves imperfect people, with imperfect information, facing deeply imperfect choices – so it’s not surprising that they’re getting imperfect results.” — Jake Sullivan
80. “To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.” — Thomas Aquinas
81. “I find beauty in imperfection.” — Rachel Morrison
82. Imperfection is fine.” — Anna Wintour
83. “On the contrary, I’m a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.” — Walter Salles
84. “As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.” — Ernst Fischer
How do flaws and imperfections make us who we are?
While imperfection is a beautiful part of human nature, striving for perfection and overcoming our flaws and defects is also a part of who we are.
Growing from our mistakes helps us become successful and happy.
In order to grow, we have to let ourselves be vulnerable and examine our weaknesses so we can improve on them.
There is no reason to feel shame for our natural imperfections.
In fact, many so-called flaws are actually imperfections that add to the beauty of our souls and make us lovable.
They are what define us as humans and connect us to one another.
What’s your biggest takeaway from these imperfection quotes and sayings?
Do you have any other insightful quotes to add?
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