Prunella Scales Quotes

Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I'm addressing it. I'm doing the work that I have to do.

I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.

You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'

The only thing I can expect from myself is to learn from each competition and improve.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.

I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

I don't think I'm successful.

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, 'No, my ambition is not to be an actor.'

In order to do something you must be something.

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.

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.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

And it's not a finger-pointing issue to me; I take as much responsibility as I can. It was more just me not really knowing what I wanted to do and how to get it done.

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

True confidence is firmly planted in reality. To grow your confidence, it's important to do an honest and accurate self-assessment of your abilities. If there are weaknesses in your skill set, make plans for strengthening these skills and find ways to minimize their negative impact.