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

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
-Samuel Johnson

You only have to bat a thousand in two things - flying and heart transplants. Everything else - you can go 4 for 5.
-Beano Cook

I'll always be Number 1 to myself.
-Moses Malone

The only thing that anyone should ever know is that today is a perfect day.
-Jim White, "A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes"

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
-Augusten Burroughs