Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.
I have a theory that theories are destructive.
How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That's all.
My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing.
The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness.
Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions.
Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions.
When a librarian really believes that a book is harmful, that its content is contrary to the welfare of the community, or that it is destructive of good taste, even if those are his opinions only, he has not only the right, but also the obligation to do what he properly can to keep that book out of the hand of those whom he thinks might be injured by it.
Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue, the monograph went on. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact how hard money is to come by, and, there, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves.
We want our children to live in a world without the destructive power of a warming planet.
I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue.
Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.
I should say that Canada is one of the major criminals, not just the tar sands and so on, but even mining throughout the world, a lot of it is Canadian. It's extremely destructive, so an important thing for Canadians to do is curtail the predatory and destructive behavior of their own government and corporations. A carbon tax is one way of doing it.
One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.
. . . I felt that making her one-dimensional would be an insult to the audience, and also not as interesting. All destructive people have an inner side to them, and the more three-dimentional your characters are on screen the more compassion you can open up in an audience. . . . To me, that involves the audience more, it stimulates them and asks more of them.
and so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure.
Drunkenness is deplorably destructive, but her demurer sister Gluttony destroys a hundred to her one.
People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.
Liberalism, socialism, whatever, it is such a corrupting, destructive thing. And I believe it's the most destructive force in the world today, outside of, militarized weaponry and that kind of thing.