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 man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. – John Henry Newman

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The human story does not always unfold like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes in life they make five or minus three; and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the middle of the sum and leaves the class in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye. – Winston Churchill

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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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We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others. – Albert Camus

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