Best Will Smith Quotes
Will Smith Quotes About Life, Relationship, Success, Love, Happiness, Movies, Fear, Money, Forgiveness & Success! One of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces is Will Smith, an actor who got his start in the music industry by hooking up with DJ Jazzy Jeff and beatboxer Ready Rock C. He was born on September 25, 1968. He was well known as a talented student from Philadelphia’s ‘Overbrook High School,’ who chose not to attend college to pursue a career in music. The vocalist has achieved considerable success and awarded a Grammy. This young person began working in films, debuting in the classic movie ‘Six Degrees of Separation.’ Since then, there has been no turning back for this promising young star.
With roles in films like ‘Independence Day; I; Robot; Enemy of the State; Ali; and ‘Enemy of the State,’ he showed his ability to the world. His powerful performances proved his flexibility, and he promised that he would be a long-term success. According to many filmmakers, the actor was a breath of new air which could play a dynamic character and an action hero with the same ease.
The sci-fi comedy “Men in Black” was one of his films that was a massive hit with audiences worldwide, among many others. The first film’s popularity led to the development of the ‘Men in Black’ sequels, which were being praised by both fans and critics.
He is the first actor to have eight films grossing over $100 million each at the box office in a row. Millions of people throughout the globe are inspired by his movies, his enthusiasm for life, and his lectures. According to several sources, the actor had a net worth estimated at $350 million.
Best Will Smith Quotes
1. “Fail early. Fail often. Fail forward.”-Will Smith
2. “I don’t want to be an icon, I want to be an idea. I want to represent possibilities…I want to represent magic.”-Will Smith
3. “Two plus two only equals four if you accept that two plus two equals four. Two plus two is gonna be what I want it to be.”-Will Smith
4. “You have to seek failure. Failure is where all of the lessons are.”-Will Smith
5. “Fear kills your ability to see beauty. You have to get beyond fear, back to a comfortable space before you can even start looking around.”-Will Smith
6. “The question isn’t, can you handle the situation? The question is, can you handle your mind? Can you manage the thoughts and emotions that are trying to poison your progress?”-Will Smith
7. “Always say yes, and listen to your girlfriend.”-Will Smith
8. “Don’t expect to be present for my success if you are absent during my struggle.”-Will Smith
9. “Our concept is, as young as possible, give them as much control over their lives as possible and the concept of punishment, our experience has been—it has a little too much of a negative quality…so when they do things—and you know, Jaden, he’s done things—you can do anything you want as long as you can explain to me why that was the right thing to do for your life.”-Will Smith
10. “Up until this point in my life, I had used comedy to attract women. And now I was being objectified. It was wonderful.”-Will Smith
11. “She shaved her head bald in the middle of her ‘Whip My Hair’ tour. I was like, ‘Oh, s**t.’ I’m looking at that girl and I’m like, ‘Got it. I understand. You will not have this trouble out of me ever again….for me, it was that soldier that was pushing and wasn’t paying any attention whatsoever to what was going on emotionally with this beautiful little creature in front of me. That was the first part of the collapsing of my father’s suit that I was wearing that wasn’t mine.”-Will Smith
12. “I feel that the greatest gift that I can give my children is the freedom to be who they are…As a parent, if it’s an oak tree, I want it to grow as an oak tree. I’m not going to try to force it to be an apple tree.”-Will Smith
13. “ Django wasn’t the lead and like, I need to play the lead. I thought it was brilliant. Just not for me.”-Will Smith
14. “I’m human viagra. I’m Willagra. I’m a sex machine now. I’m raring to go every second of the day. My wife’s loving it.”-Will Smith
15. “And it’s just the spiral when it starts going the other way. It’s like, sometimes you just have to get out the way and wait until the downward spiral stops.”-Will Smith
16. “Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real, but fear is a choice.”-Will Smith
17. “I decided that I would never walk into a room and do anything other than inspire, uplift, and enlighten people—help people be the greater versions of themselves.”-Will Smith
18. “I ran into Steven Spielberg at a party, and I jokingly asked him why he never hired me for his movies. Steven said, ‘Oh, you’re too big for my movies.’”-Will Smith
19. “While the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working. When the other guy’s eating, I’m working. While the other guy is making love, I mean, I’m making love too, but I’m working really hard at it.”-Will Smith
20. “I’m a student of patterns. At heart, I’m a physicist.”-Will Smith
21. “EddieMurphy is funnier than I’ll ever be, Denzel Washington is more powerful than I’ll ever be. I think that my strength is I can do everything well.”-Will Smith
22. “Make a choice and decide what it’s going to be, who you’re going to be and how you’re going to do it. From that point, the universe is going to get out of your way. For me, I want to represent possibilities and the idea that you really can make what you want. I feel very strongly that we are who we choose to be.”-Will Smith
23. “You gotta take a shot. You gotta live at the edge of your capabilities.”-Will Smith
24. “Dream building—life building—is an athletic event.”-Will Smith
25. “We spend money that we do not have, on things we do not need, to impress people who do not care.”-Will Smith
26. “I never did anything for money. It was never about money. My experience is when people do things for money, you make bad decisions.”-Will Smith
27. “Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”-Will Smith
28. “I have no idea what my limits are. I believe that if I set my mind to it, within the next 15 years, I would be the President of the United States.” -Will Smith
29. “There’s nothing you’ve ever been successful at that you didn’t work on every day.”-Will Smith
30. “The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel. Talent you have naturally. Skill is developed [out] of hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”-Will Smith