82 Will Smith Quotes About Life, Fear and Success

Will Smith Quotes That Encourage You To Follow Your Dreams!

For decades, Will Smith has remained one of the most sought-after entertainers in Hollywood.

Many things helped elevate him to where he is today, including his:

• Talent
• Tenacity
• Positive mindset

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Who is Will Smith?

Will Smith is known for his blockbuster movies like Independence Day, 7 Pounds, Men in Black, The Pursuit of Happiness, I Am Legend, Bad Boys…the list goes on and on.

For anyone to reach the level of success, impact, and popularity that Will Smith has over the past 20 years deserves to have their thinking looked at.

Take a peek into the mind of the legendary and award-winning actor Will Smith with his highly motivational and inspirational quotes from his various pieces of work and interviews.

Will Smith Quotes About Life, Fear, and Success

Smith worked hard from a young age to achieve his goals, and these quotes will inspire and advice you to have the same drive.

1. “If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.” — Will Smith

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

3. “Life isn’t how many breaths you take, but it’s the moments that take your breath away.” — Will Smith

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4. “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.” — Will Smith

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

6. “If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.” — Will Smith

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7. “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.” — Will Smith

8. “You can’t be scared to die for the truth. The truth is the only thing that is ever going to be constant.” — Will Smith

9. “There’s two kinds of people in this world. There’s hammers and nails …
You decide what to be…” — Will Smith

10. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your life.” — Will Smith

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Will Smith Quotes on Fear

Learn more about overcoming fear in the following quotes.

11. “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.” — Will Smith

12. “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.” — Will Smith

13. “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” — Will Smith

14. “For reading: there have been gazillions of people that have lived before all of us. There’s no new problem you could have–with your parents, with school, with a bully. There’s no new problem that someone hasn’t already had and written about it in a book.” — Will Smith

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Will Smith quotes about hard work

You can only succeed at the level of Will Smith through hard work and determination.

15. “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you. And stay.” — Will Smith

16. “The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I am not afraid to die on a treadmill. You might have more talent than me; you might be smarter than me. But if we get on the treadmill together, there’s two things: you are getting off first, or I am going to die. It’s that simple.” — Will Smith

17. “Never underestimate the pain of a person because, in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are just better at hiding it than others.” — Will Smith

18. “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.” — Will Smith

Will Smith quotes on love

Smith has played many roles where he shares thoughts on love, such as when he played the main character in the movie Hitch.

19. “I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over.” — Will Smith

20. “When you’re wondering what to say or how you look… just remember… she is already out with you. That means she said yes when she could’ve said no. That means she made a plan… when she could’ve just blown you off. So that means it is no longer your job to make her like you… It’s your job NOT TO MESS IT UP.” — Will Smith

21. “Because that’s what people do… they leap and hope to God they can fly! Because otherwise, we just drop like a rock… wondering the whole way down… ‘why in the hell did I jump?’ But here I am, Sarah, falling. And there’s only one person that makes me feel like I can fly… That’s you.” — Will Smith

22. “I’m a guy. Since when do we get anything right the first time?” — Will Smith

23. “Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity.” — Will Smith

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Will Smith quotes on greatness

Gain a new perspective on pursuing greatness in the following quotes from the actor.

24. “Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, godlike feature that only the special among us will ever taste; it’s something that truly exists in all of us.” — Will Smith

25. “I want to represent possibilities.” ― Will Smith

26. “Parents just don’t understand.” — Will Smith

27. “I am inspired beyond my ability to articulate… and now I know what and who I want to be… a soldier for peace.” ― Will Smith

28. “And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping? I’m working.” — Will Smith

29. “I’ve viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.” — Will Smith

30. “I’m a student of patterns. At heart, I’m a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything.” — Will Smith

Will Smith quotes on struggle

Will Smith’s journey to Hollywood success was full of perseverance and determination to become a celebrated actor and entertainer.

31. “You can cry, ain’t no shame in it.” — Will Smith

32. “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.” — Will Smith

33. “I’ve trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likable.” — Will Smith

34. When you find things that are tried and true for millennia, you can bet that it’s going to happen tomorrow.” ― Will Smith

35. “Let your smile change the world. Don’t let the world change your smile.” — Will Smith

36. “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” — Will Smith

37. “Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what’s coming next.” — Will Smith

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

39. “Ten ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise.” — Will Smith

40. “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%.” — Will Smith

Will Smith quotes to elevate your perspective

The following quotes will help you elevate your perspective and motivate you to reach for your dreams.

41. “Begin each day as if it were on purpose.” ― Will Smith

42. “Look at your five closest friends. Those five friends are who you are. If you don’t like who you are, then you know what you have to do.” — Will Smith

43. “I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent, and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.” — Will Smith

44. “Greatness exists in all of us.” — Will Smith

45. “The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.” — Will Smith

46. “I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.” — Will Smith

47. “Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests – not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.” — Will Smith

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

49. “When you create art, the world has to wait.” — Will Smith

50. “I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.” — Will Smith

Will Smith quotes to broaden your thoughts

Will Smith’s thought-provoking quotes serve as a catalyst to expand your thoughts so you can see things with a new perspective.

51. “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.” — Will Smith

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

53. “For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.” — Will Smith

54. “Life is lived on the edge.” — Will Smith

55. “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.” — Will Smith

56. “In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons.” — Will Smith

57. “In my mind, I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y’all just didn’t know yet.” — Will Smith

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

59. “It’s quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I can’t imagine what else I could do beyond this. It’s really a bittersweet kind of feeling.” — Will Smith

60. “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.” — Will Smith

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61. “When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.” — Will Smith

62. “What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.” ― Will Smith

63. “I’m a student of world religion, so to me, it’s hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.” — Will Smith

64. “I mean, I’m very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance.” — Will Smith

65. “We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don’t mean.” — Will Smith

66. “There’s so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I’ve got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father – and how come that’s not as newsworthy?” — Will Smith

67. “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.” — Will Smith

68. “You can’t win enough, you can’t have enough money, you can’t succeed enough. There is not enough.” ― Will Smith

69. “Boys laugh at what they put girls through, but they don’t be laughing when they’re wiping tears off their daughter’s face for the same reason.” — Will Smith

70. “I want the world to be better because I was here.” — Will Smith

More Will Smith quotes and sayings

These quotes give you more insight into the professional and the road to success.

71. “I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” — Will Smith

72. “Running and reading are the keys of life.” — Will Smith

73. “Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, and to hide every pain.” — Will Smith

74. “I think that there’s a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have. You have to believe that something different can happen.” — Will Smith

75. “Don’t let success go to your heads and don’t let failure into your hearts.” — Will Smith

76. “The road to success is through commitment and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is gonna get hard, and you’re gonna wanna quit sometimes, but it’ll be colored by who you are, and more who you want to be.” — Will Smith

77. “I’m motivated by fear. Fear of fear. I hate being scared to do something. I started attacking things that I was scared of.” — Will Smith

78. “I want to represent the idea that you really can make what you want… I believe I can create whatever I want to create.” — Will Smith

Will Smith Quotes To Keep You Going

Stay motivated to not give up with the following quotes.

79. “I work from almost a dangerous place in my mind sometimes.” ― Will Smith

80. “Life is…the moments that take your breath away.” ― Will Smith

81. “I think it would be arrogant and borderline foolish to believe there’s no other life forms that exist out there.” ― Will Smith

82. “You have to create something in a way that has direction, that it has vision, and then your partner will take it and figure out whatever their expertise is.” ― Will Smith

Where is Will Smith now?

In 2022, during the Academy Awards, Will Smith famously walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

While it took a while for the hype to die down, public attention has since moved on from this situation.

Will Smith is set to host a podcast called Class of ’88 starting in October 2023.

The podcast will focus on hip-hop artists from the year, featuring guests such as Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

If you’re a fan of the actor and musician, you may want to check it out.

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