"Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the..." - Quote by Ralph Marston
Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the belief that one's efforts are never good enough. Imagine: How many of the obstacles standing in your way are the product of your own imagination? What have you convinced yourself that you can't do? What limitations have you come to believe in? Your mind is very powerful and effective. Is it working for you, or against you?
More by Ralph Marston
“Your life is constantly nourished by your thoughts. Whatever the direction your life is moving, your thoughts have led you there.”
“Prepare far enough in advance, and just about anything is possible.”
“So go ahead and face that fear, make that effort, move forward into new territory and fully live the grand possibilities with which you're blessed. Boldly face life, and you'll find it to be better than you ever imagined.”
More on Self Belief
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
“If I can't - then I must. If I must - then I will.”
“We are all capable of much more than we think we are.”
More on Perfectionism
“When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that."”
“I can't bear to finish things, beyond a certain point they get heavy. There's something so dead about a finished painting.”
“I don't know if I ever feel totally great about a record when I put it out. With every record that I put out, someone has literally got to come pry it from me because when I listen to my own music, I just hear flaws in it.”