Will Smith is a famous American actor, producer, and musician. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actor, and won one for Best Supporting Actor.
Will Smith was born in Philadelphia and raised in the North Philadelphia neighborhood of West Oak Lane. His father’s job as a welder allowed Smith to attend public schools in North Philadelphia.
He founded his own company called Overlook Entertainment in 1990 with his childhood friend Jazil Carter. Later on, they signed with Interscope Records and released their first album, “Big Willie Style,” on October 1, 1997. As of 2018, he has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and 30 million records which made him the second-highest-selling artist of the 2000s decade.
Here are his most inspiring quotes on everything that will encourage you to change your life and achieve success.
69 Inspirational Will Smith Quotes To Change Your Life
“If you don’t fight for what you want, don’t cry for what you lost.”
“There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.”
“The first step is you have to say that you can.”
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.
“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%.”
“99% is the same as zero. If you are gonna do 99, go ahead and stay home.”
“The first step before anyone else in the world believes it is you have to believe it.”
“Greatness exists in all of us. “
“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there
“The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.”
“Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honest, everyone is struggling, some people are just better at hiding it than others.”
“If you’re not making someone else’s life better than you are wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other people’s lives better.”
“Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.”
“Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear and to hide every pain. “
“Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what’s coming next.”
“I want to represent the idea that you really can make what you want … I believe I can create whatever I want to create.”
“I wake up every morning believing today is going to be better than yesterday.”
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.
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.”
“Don’t chase people. The right people, the ones who really belong in your life, will come to you and stay.”
“10 ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise.”
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your life.”
“Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste, it’s something that truly exists in all of us.”
“Let your smile change the world. Don’t let the world change your smile.”
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.“
“In my mind, I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y’all just didn’t know yet.”
“For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.”
“I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.”
“I believe you need to be educated on what you want to do in life, but I don’t believe you necessarily need college to get there.”
“There’s two kinds of people in this world.There’s hammers and nails …You decide what to be ..”
“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.”
“So if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.”
“I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.”
“The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”
“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.”
“Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”
“If you’re absent during my struggle don’t expect to be present during my success.”
“When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.”
“Life isn’t how many breaths you take, but it’s the moments that take your breath away.”
“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
“When you create art, the world has to wait.”
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”
“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.”
“Life is lived on the edge.”
“I’ve viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.”
“I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.”
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.”
“And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping? I’m working.”
“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.”
“You can cry, ain’t no shame in it.”
“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”
“There are so many people who have lived and died before you. You will never have a new problem; you’re not going to ever have a new problem. Somebody wrote the answer down in a book somewhere.”
“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.”
“Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests – not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.”
“Basic principles: no matter what, no matter when, no matter who… any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. He just needs the right broom.”
“I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working.”
“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.”
“A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.”
“Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are better at hiding it than others.”
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings & emotions.”
“I know who I am, I know what I believe, and that’s all I need to know.”
“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.”
“If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.”
“The first step is you have to say you can.” “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.”
