John McGinn Quotes

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.

Success is easy to take for granted.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and for all our comfortable things in this world, we cannot be happy, unless we please them.

People who are given whatever they want soon develop a sense of entitlement and rapidly lose their sense of proportion.

Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.

Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?

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?

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'

Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.

I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

There's a million people I could name who are more deserving of the parts that I get and the life that I'm living.

There is so much that people take for granted.

I don't remember, as a child, feeling a lack of anything.

Like wealth, or health, political freedom may simply be something that people don't value if they've always had it.

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

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

I've been to three Olympics, and they're cool and everything, but I feel like people just aren't grateful for what we have and the opportunities we have.

We have to remind ourselves that what we take for granted now is hard-won.

When I grew up, I had everything you could ask for, and I kind of didn't appreciate it. Because it was a given for me. Everybody that grew up in my neighborhood was going to have an opportunity to go to college. I took that for granted. I always regret that.