50 Powerful & Life-Changing Will Smith Quotes

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From the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to the heartbreaking drama Seven Pounds, Hollywoodโs A-lister Will Smith is one of the most multi-talented actors of his generation. Did we mention his exemplary performance in action movies such as Bad Boys and Bad Boys For Life, a Box Office Original that ranks as the highest-grossing movie in 2020? Will Smith started his career as a rapper at the age of 16, and many decades later, he continues to bag prestigious awards and still gets nominated for many more.
In more than three decades and counting, millions of fans worldwide have looked up to Will Smith for inspiration, motivation, and some life-changing advice. Whether on set, in an interview, or on the red carpet, Will Smith always has something mind-boggling to say to his fans. Here is a compilation of 50 powerful and inspiring Will Smith quotes that might change your life.
โIf youโre not making someone elseโs life better, then youโre wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.โ
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โDonโt chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people โ the ones who really belong in your life โ will come to you. And stay.โ
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โLife is lived on the edge.โ
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โThe first step before anyone else in the world believes it is you have to believe it.โ
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โBuild your life or someone else will hire you to build theirs.โ
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โThere are two kinds of people in this world. There are hammers and nails. You decide what to be.โ
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โIf you donโt fight for what you want, donโt cry for what you lost.โ
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โ99% is the same as zero. If you are gonna do 99, go ahead and stay home.โ
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โWhatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.โ
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โThereโs no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.โ
โGreatness exists in all of us.โ
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โI know who I am, I know what I believe, and thatโs all I need to know.โ
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โIn my mind, Iโve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Yโall just didnโt know yet.โ
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โTalent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.โ
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โThe only thing that has kept me around is my effort.โ
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โGreatness lives on the edge of destruction.โ
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โFailure actually helps you to recognize the areas where you need to evolve.โ
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โFear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future.โ
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โYou have to believe that something different can happen.โ
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โThe prerequisite for spending time with any person is that they nourish and inspire you.โ
โI am not afraid to die on treadmill.โ
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โThe road to sustained happiness is through discipling your behavior.โ
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โLet your smile change the world. Donโt let the world change your smile.โ
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โGreatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-lie feature that only the special among us will ever taste, itโs something that truly exists in all of us.โ
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โI am motivated by fear. I hate being scared to do something.โ
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โMoney & success donโt change people; they merely amplify what is already there.โ
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โBeing realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.โ
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โThe road to power is in taking responsibility.โ
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โFail early, fail often, fail forward.โ
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โThe center of bringing any dream into fruition is self-discipline.โ
โGod placed the best things in life on the other side of terror.โ
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โIโd rather be with someone who does a horrible job but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.โ
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โI wake up every morning believing that today is going to be better than yesterday.โ
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โYou canโt win the war against the world if you canโt win the war against your own mind.โ
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โYou know the difference between you and me? I make this look good.โ
Will Smith, Men in Black
โEvery moment in life is a learning experience. Or what good is it, right?โ
Will Smith in Six Degrees of Separation
โYou got a dream.You gotta protect it. People canโt do somethinโ themselves, they wanna tell you you canโt do it.โ
Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happiness
โIf you want something, Go get it. Period.โ
Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happiness
โLife is not the amount of breaths you take, it is the moments that take your breath away.โ
ย Will Smith in Hitch
โDonโt ever let somebody tell you, you canโt do something.โ
โI believe you need to be educated on what you want to do in life, but I donโt believe you necessarily need college to get there.โ
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โBecause thatโs what people doโฆ they leap and hope to God they can fly!โ
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โIโm a guy. Since when do we get anything right the first time?โ
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โI have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.โ
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โIf it was something that I really committed myself to, I donโt think thereโs anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.โ
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โSo if you stay ready, you ainโt gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.โ
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โ10 ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise.โ
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โLook at your 5 closest friends. Those 5 friends are who you are. If you donโt like who you are then you know what you have to do.โ
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โAnd where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guyโs sleeping? Iโm working.โ
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โStop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your life.โ
We hope that these quotes from Will Smith will have a meaningful impact on your life. Weโve covered Will Smith movie quotes, among other topics such as life, happiness, success, and more, hoping youโll find one that genuinely speaks to your soul.
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