Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination.
~ Dan Miller
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Perfectionism →
Feelings →
Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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Possessions →
You can’t have everything.
Where would you put it?
~ Steven Wright
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Mystery →
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Ingenuity →
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
~ George S. Patton
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Exceptional →
The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it’s also the first to be replaced.
~ Marilyn vos Savant
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Humor →
What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.
~ Bern Williams
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Learn something →
No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
~ David Eddings
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Attention →
The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention.
~ Walter Anderson
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Play →
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
~ Fred Rogers
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