Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator, born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1937. He has appeared in over one hundred films and television shows since 1948.
He has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, four Emmys, a Grammy, a Tony, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. His voice can be heard in animated features such as Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994).
Morgan Freeman’s reign as Hollywood’s highest-grossing leading man is likely to continue for the foreseeable future with blockbusters such as Red Sparrow (2018), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Ocean’s 8 (2018) all on his slate of films.
Below are some of his most inspiring quotes that will upgrade your thinking and teach you a powerful life lesson to make your life better.
45 Most Inspiring Morgan Freeman Quotes
“Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.”
“Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.”
“Nobody is trying to save energy. We’re trying to shift our use of fuel. Forget saving energy; if we get the right kind of energy, there are endless amounts.”
“You want to retire from a job you’re not that all enamoured with. I love what I do. I want to keep doing it till I can’t get out of bed doing it.”
“If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it’s a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.”
“Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what’s going to happen.”
“Don’t be different just for different’s sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.”
“I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.”
“That is a big turn-on for me, a director who knows what he’s doing and what he wants, and knows when he’s gotten what he wants.”
“One of the things you can always depend on – this is one of the truths of the universe, and you heard it first from here – whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.”
“If you want to see a miracle, be the miracle”
“Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.”
“If you want to see a miracle, be the miracle.”
“If you look back on your life and where you started from it’s like looking back down a mountain back to the desert floor. It’s like now I can’t believe I had whatever it takes or perceived whatever it took to get here.”
“Very often, you know, you stop walking because you say, ‘Well, I’m tired of climbing this hill. I’m never going to get to the top.’ And you’re only two steps from the top.”
“We humans are more concerned with having than with being.”
“I don’t have to work. I could stop and never have to worry about paying the rent. I’m working for the joy of doing it.”
“I gravitate towards gravitas.”
“Our situation, with global warming and air quality and all of that, has gotten to be catastrophic.”
“I’m not intimidated by lead roles. I’m better in them. I don’t feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That’s what I’m born to do.”
“Stage is really hard work. You’ve got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.”
“Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’.”
“As long as you feel like a victim, you are one.”
“When you have made your choice, it is providence that is your guide. Good, bad, or indifferent. Your fate lies in that.”
“You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.”
“If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn’t worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality.”
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away the part of you that knows it was a win to lock them up does rejoice.”
“Very often, you know, you stop walking because you say, ‘Well, I’m tired of climbing this hill. I’m never going to get to the top.’ And you’re only two steps from the top.”
“If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount ofluck in your life, it’s a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.”
“As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.”
“All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.”- Morgan Freeman
“The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.”
“The highest power is the human mind. That’s where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.”
“You can’t take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.”
“I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.”
“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.”
“Life doesn’t offer you promises whatsoever so it’s very easy to become, ‘Whatever happened to… ?’ It’s great to be wanted. I spent a few years not being wanted and this is better.”
“Don’t be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.”
“I try to keep my mind active. I’m a solitaire and puzzle addict. I exercise religiously. I don’t do many things religiously and I’ve taken up golf to have something to do when I have nothing to do.”
“Learning how to be still, to be really still and let life happen — that stillness becomes a radiance.”
“I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. How do you be good to life? You live it.”
“Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear.”
“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.”
“If you wake up and the snow is knee-deep outside, you are not filled with rage. It’s just something that you’ve got to cope with. If you’re living in a situation it’s the only situation that you know, and you’ve got to deal with it.”
“If you look back on your life and where you started from it’s like looking back down a mountain back to the desert floor. It’s like now I can’t believe I had whatever it takes or perceived whatever it took to get here.”
“How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.”
“I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.”
