I posted that in a different way a few weeks ago "I wanted the whole world or nothing." Charles Bukowski and even though I think it's motivating to think that way sometimes I don't think it's a good attitude in general. The all or nothing mentality is the perfectionists mantra and it rarely gets you anywhere.
"That's the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like. Cindy Chupack, Sex and the City, Plus One Is The Loneliest Number, 2002