Lily Collins Quotes

My name does help me get in the door, but it doesn't do the work for me.

Just because my dad is Clint Eastwood doesn't mean I don't have to work for a living.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

My parents were exactly like millions of other Americans who had a fire in their belly to build something of their own, and in so doing they exemplified the dignity of work, the opportunity available in this great nation to those willing to work, and they left the world a bit better than it was when they first showed up.

My parents gave us all a chance to accomplish our goals, and I was blessed with that - I was lucky with that - and I learnt at a very young age that anything less than my best wasn't acceptable.

I've seen guys work as hard as I have and don't have the shot I have.

When it comes to opportunities, your father or mother can only set up a meeting for you. However, your opportunities will only materialise if the star kid is talented or suits the role.

There is no question that I was given a lot of interesting and unique opportunities growing up... But I think people often misunderstand that I work as hard and want things just as badly as anybody else.

People believed I was fed with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I fought for everything that I have.

Hard work. Well, that=s all right for people who don=t know how to do anything else. It=s all right for people who aren=t lucky. But once you==re lucky, you don=t have to work for other people. You make them work for you.

We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

I'm John the Fourth, so I think there's a lot of things in life that have been truly handed to me by the hard work and the pain of others.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

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.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything.

Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: 'Isn't that that Bening woman?'

I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.