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Quote by Harriet Braiker
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. – Harriet Braiker

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A good garden may have some weeds. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

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Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. – Carl Schurz, address, Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1859

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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. – Lord Chesterfield

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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. – Joseph Addison

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