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57 Inspirational Will Smith Quotes
Will Smith is an American actor, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He is known as one of the most powerful actors in Hollywood.
Will Smith has been nominated for 5 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Academy Awards, and has won 4 Grammy Awards.
Will Smith’s quotes and sayings are shared all over the internet and his voice clips are felt by multi-millions in motivational videos. Will Smith knows what it takes to achieve success and he is incredibly insightful when it comes to achieving your dreams in life.
Here are 57 inspiring Will Smith quotes:
Will Smith Quotes on Work Ethic and Greatness:
1. “There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A. “ – Will Smith
2. “If you don’t fight for what you want, don’t cry for what you lost.” – Will Smith
3. “99% is the same as zero. If you are gonna do 99, go ahead and stay home.” – Will Smith
4. “You don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s every been built.’ You don’t start there. You say, ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.’ You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall.” – Will Smith
5. “If you’re not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I’d rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.” – Will Smith
6. “I’ve viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.” – Will Smith
7. “I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.” – Will Smith
8. “And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping? I’m working.” – Will Smith
9. “The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is that I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, but if we get on a treadmill together, there are two things: you’re getting off first, or I’m gonna die. It’s really that simple.” – Will Smith
10. “Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.” – Will Smith
11. “So if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.” – Will Smith
12. “I’ve never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I’ve viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.” – Will Smith
13. “If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don’t think there’s anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.” – Will Smith
14. “I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.” – Will Smith
Will Smith Quotes on Fear, Belief and Mindset:
15. “I wake up every morning believing today is going to be better than yesterday.” – Will Smith
16. “Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.” – Will Smith
17. “Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear and to hide every pain. “ – Will Smith
18. “Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice.” – Will Smith
19. “Let your smile change the world. Don’t let the world change your smile.” – Will Smith
20. “Greatness exists in all of us. “ – Will Smith
21. “The first step is you have to say that you can.” – Will Smith
22. “I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.” – Will Smith
23. “Life is lived on the edge.” – Will Smith
24. “I’ve trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.” – Will Smith
25. “I want the world to be better because I was here.” – Will Smith
26. “When you create art, the world has to wait.” – Will Smith
27. “In my mind, I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y’all just didn’t know yet.” – Will Smith
28. “You can cry, ain’t no shame in it.” – Will Smith
Will Smith Quotes on People and Relationships:
29. “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.” – Will Smith
30. “If you’re absent during my struggle don’t expect to be present during my success.” – Will Smith
31. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.” – Will Smith
32. “Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honest, everyone is struggling, some people are just better at hiding it than others.” – Will Smith
33. “Look at your 5 closest friends. Those 5 friends are who you are. If you don’t like who you are then you know what you have to do. “ – Will Smith
34. “10 ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise.” – Will Smith
35. “Boys laugh at what they put girls through but they don’t be laughing when they’re wiping tears off their daughters face for the same reason.” – Will Smith
36. “Don’t chase people. The right people, the ones who really belong in your life, will come to you and stay.” – Will Smith
37. “We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don’t mean.” – Will Smith
38. “There’s so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I’ve got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father – and how come that’s not as newsworthy?” – Will Smith
Will Smith Quotes on Life, Money and Learning:
39. “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like. “– Will Smith
40. “Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what’s coming next.” – Will Smith
41. “I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.” – Will Smith
42. “A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.” – Will Smith
43. “Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.” – Will Smith
44. “The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.” – Will Smith
45. “In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons.” – Will Smith
46. “I’m a student of world religion, so to me, it’s hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.” – Will Smith
47. “It’s quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can’t imagine what else I could do beyond this. It’s really a bittersweet kind of feeling.” – Will Smith
48. “I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school.” – Will Smith
49. “I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class.” – Will Smith
50. “I’m a student of patterns. At heart, I’m a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything.” – Will Smith
51. “Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests – not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.” – Will Smith
52. “The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’” – Will Smith
53. “My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I’m still a virgin in a lot of ways. I’m not used to being shot down for no reason.” – Will Smith
54. “I mean, I’m very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance.” – Will Smith
55. “Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.” – Will Smith
56. “For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.” – Will Smith
57. “When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.” – Will Smith