The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

Quote by Anna Quindlen

Topics: Becoming Yourself Quotes, Perfection Quotes

I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the...

I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the...

If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented...

If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented...

It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders....

It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders....

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

A finished person is a boring person.

A finished person is a boring person.

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense...

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it...

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it...

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we...

The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we...