Terry Pratchett Quotes

I'd like to think I haven't done my best yet.

That's just my motto I live by, humble and hungry.

I learned that it is better, a thousandfold , for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in his pride and fancied innocence. I learned that he that will be a hero, will barely be a man; that he that will be nothing but a doer of his work, is sure of his manhood. In nothing was my ideal lowered, or dimmed, or grown less precious; I only saw it too plainly, to set myself for a moment beside it.

I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.

Never before have humans been so ambitious, have they thought that they could be much more than their parents were.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

I am not super-ambitious. I am not a classically amazing singer or anything.

I don't ever want to feel complacent.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

I'm always moving forward.

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

I don't think I'm a star. I just love to act. I'm not thinking I'm even close to where I want to be.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

There is no number or level of success that would make me think, 'Wow, I didn't think that was possible.'

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.

Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.