Donny Osmond Quotes

As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules.

You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.

The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.

I'm not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior - I mean, that's part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don't have anything to hide, and I'm not concerned with what people think.

I could have just received royalty checks every month by lending my name to a collection, but I didn't want to do that. My name is a reflection of me.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

I'd like to be known for my character.

I don't want people to think I'm a hypocrite.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

People can judge me for what I've done. And I think when somebody's out in the public eye, that's what they do. So I'm fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I've always stood for.

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

I don't want people to think lm hypocritical.

My tenacity and determination to be true to the person I had become were sacrosanct.

I can't just suddenly become 'Little Peace and Love Jair'... I've got to carry on being the same person.