25 Inspirational Quotes by Will Smith

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    “The first step is you have to say that you can.”   ~Will Smith

    (Arranged by Carmichael Phillips)

    (Will Smith)

    On going for your dreams…

    “You have to believe that something different than what has happened the past 50 million years can happen. Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. What’s the point of being realistic?”


    “If you say in your mind, ‘It can’t happen,’ you’re DONE! You’re training yourself to not even be able to imagine what you want! In your mind has to be the wildest, freest place where you have everything you’ve ever dreamed.”


    “If you want something, go get it! Period.”


    “The first step is you have to say that you can.”


    On dealing with fears and living on the edge…


    (Will Smith)

    “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. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real but fear is a choice.”


    “There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.”


    “Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”


    “So, if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.”


    “Life is lived on the edge.”


    On dealing with negative people…

    (Will Smith in King Richard)

    “We spend money that we do not have, on things we do not need, to impress people who do not care.”


    “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings & emotions.”


    “There’s the person you want to be viewed as. And then there’s who you REALLY are.”


    “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.”


    On being an actor…

    “A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.”


    “Baring yourself is what makes you look strong on camera.”


    “You have to clear your own personal blocks. You have to be able to be vulnerable in front of anybody?”


    “You have to be comfortable looking silly. You have to be comfortable making mistakes. And you have to break the thing inside of you that doesn’t want people to see.”


    “Because as soon as you allow people to see, all of a sudden, you get access to [emotions] that you didn’t realize that you had access to.”


    “So, you have to be able to get comfortable being anything! Anything that you have to be for the role, you have to be comfortable being it.”


    “In acting, every take is a rejection. That’s what it is. You do a take and people don’t clap. It’s a rejection, and you can’t allow that to close you down.”


    “Talent, you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”


    On money…

    “Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”


    “We spend money that we do not have, on things we do not need, to impress people who do not care.”


    “Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.”


    “Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.”


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