Donny Osmond Quotes

People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not.

When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for?

People who have it too easy in early life have a disadvantage for later on, because they get to thinking that everything is going to be easy.

My greatest regret would be that I took my success for granted, because it was given to me at such a young age.

I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to.

You don't appreciate what you have when it all comes to you real quick. I went from nothing to everything all at once.

Success is easy to take for granted.

There's a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don't have the experience to really appreciate it.

It's hard for me to listen to any actors whine or moan about anything acting-related because look at the world. We really have nothing to complain about. Just to be working is a blessing.

I feel like rock stars feel a sense of entitlement, whereas I just feel a sense of good fortune.

Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.

Demoralization is something I know a great deal about, all my life I have got something for nothing. That is entirely due to luck and I think a great many members opposite are in the same position. We have all got something for nothing. The question is: are we demoralized? I am not demoralized.

If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.

Because of who I am and what I've accomplished, everything is pretty much given to me. People cater to me all the time. It's almost like I've lost that edge - lost the ability to want something and then put in the work necessary to get it.

I don't understand actors who complain when they get work. 'I'm working too much. I've got to get up too early ...' Isn't this the point? There's somebody right now who's bussing tables who would love your problems.

The world doesn't throw a billion dollars at a person because the person wants it or works so hard they feel they deserve it.

I try to live every day and realize that there are so many folks working hard to try to get to where I am and how fortunate that I am.

I hate when people say, 'Well, this is unfair for the underdog.' Well, the underdog should try harder.

I know that there are a billion girls out there that would kill to be in my position, and I never forget that.

When you are handed something instead of having to work for it, you don't respect it as much.

I think that being part of privilege and never having to work a day in your life is so boring. I'm so glad of what I've achieved. I'm so glad I've achieved it as well.

I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.

Success comes to you with luck and a lot of hard work, but it doesn't give you the right to be any better than anybody else.