76 Will Smith Quotes That All Movie Buffs Will Love

Monisha Kochhar
Dec 12, 2023 By Monisha Kochhar
Originally Published on Feb 11, 2021
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Will Smith has won many Grammy awards and has been nominated many times for other prestigious awards.

Smith first gained fame as a rapper. He debuted as an actor in a television series called 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' and later featured in movies.

Some famous Will Smith movies are 'The Pursuit of Happyness', 'Gemini Man', 'Men in Black', 'Hitch', 'Ali' etc. Many of his movies have crossed $150 million at the box-office.

The iconic movie quotes listed here will be liked and enjoyed by all Will Smith fans. If you are interested in similar quotes, visit 'The Pursuit of Happyness' quotes and Tom Hardy quotes.

Will Smith 'Hitch' Quotes

Will Smith plays the role of Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens in 'Hitch'. Enjoy his memorable quotes from the movie.

1. "Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away."

-Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens.

2. "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."

-Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens.

3. "I'm a guy. Since when do we get anything right the first time?"

-Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens.

4."No woman wakes up saying, 'God, I hope I don't get swept off my feet today!'"

-Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens.

5."Like I always tell my clients - begin each day as if it were on purpose."

-Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens.

Famous Quotes From Will Smith

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He is referred to as the most powerful actor in Hollywood. Some of his famous quotes are listed below.

6."You have to believe that something different can happen."

-Will Smith.

7. "I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious."

- Will Smith.

8."If you're absent during my struggle don't expect to be present during my success."

- Will Smith.

9."God placed the best things in life on the other side of terror."

- Will Smith.

10." I know Who I am, I know what I believe, and that's all I need to know."

-Will Smith.

11."Sometimes you have to forget what's gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next."

- Will Smith.

12."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.

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

- Will Smith.

14. "I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent."

- Will Smith.

15."When you create art, the world has to wait."

- Will Smith.

16."I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance."

- Will Smith.

17."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.

18."There's two kinds of people in this world. There's hammers and nails …You decide what to be ."

- Will Smith.

19."The only thing that has kept me around is my effort."

- Will Smith.

20."Let your smile change the world. Don't let the world change your smile."

- Will Smith.

21."And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working."

-Will Smith.

22."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.

23." Money & success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there."

- Will Smith.

24."Self-discipline is the center of all material success. You can't win the war against the world if you can't win the war against your own mind."

- Will Smith.

25."The concept of improving lives runs through the center of everything I do. And then I realized the way to improve lives is to continually improve yourself."

- Will Smith.

26."There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A."

 - Will Smith.

27."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.

28."Never underestimate the pain of a person, because, in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are better at hiding it than others."

- Will Smith.

29."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.

30."Fear is not real. Fear is choice."

-Will Smith.

31."I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

-Will Smith.

32."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.

33."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.

34." So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life."

-Will Smith.

35."I want the world to be better because I was here."

-Will Smith.

36."The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school."

-Will Smith.

37."For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie."

-Will Smith.

38."I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it."

-Will Smith.

39."The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'."

-Will Smith.

40."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."

-Will Smith.

41."I wake up every morning believing today is going to be better than yesterday."

-Will Smith.

42."In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet."

- Will Smith.

43."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.

44."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.

45."When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer."

- Will Smith.

46."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."

- Will Smith.

47."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.

48."I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive."

-Will Smith.

49."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.

50."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.

51."Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity."

-Will Smith.

52."I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood."

-Will Smith.

53."I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid."

-Will Smith.

54."My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both worlds. I think that is where my comedy developed."

-Will Smith.

Will Smith Inspirational Quotes

These quotes will bring positivity into your life. They will inspire and motivate you to achieve your goals.

55."When you're running, there's a little person that talks to you and says, 'Oh I'm tired. My lung's about to pop. I'm so hurt. There's no way I can possibly continue.' You want to quit. If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running, you will know to not quit when things get hard in your life."

-Will Smith.

56."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.

57."99% is the same as zero. If you are gonna do 99, go ahead and stay home."

- Will Smith.

58."The first step is you have to say that you can."

- Will Smith.

59."Build your life or someone else will hire you to build theirs."

-Will Smith.

60."10 ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise."

- Will Smith.

61."If you don't fight for what you want, don't cry for what you lost."

- Will Smith.

62. "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.

63."Boys laugh at what they put girls through but they won't be laughing when they're wiping tears off their daughter's face for the same reason."

– Will Smith.

64."The first step before anyone else in the world believes it is you have to believe it."

- Will Smith.

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

- Will Smith.

66."You can cry, ain't no shame in it."

- Will Smith.

67."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.

68."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.

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

- Will Smith.

70."Love is the ultimate theme, but it's not just for women."

-Will Smith.

Will Smith 'The Pursuit Of Happyness' Quotes

Some quotes from Chris Garden, played by Will Smith in this movie, have been listed below, which will make you see the bright side of life.

71." This part of my life... This part right here? This is called 'Happyness'."

- Chris Gardner.

72."I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was."

- Chris Gardner.

73."People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you, you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period."

- Chris Gardner.

74."You got a dream. You gotta protect it."

- Chris Gardner.

75."Probably means there's a good chance. Possibly means we might or we might not."

- Chris Gardner.

76."Don't ever let somebody tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. Alright? "

- Chris Gardner.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Will Smith Quotes then why not take a look at [Hitch quotes] or Leonardo DiCaprio quotes.

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Written by Monisha Kochhar

Bachelor of Arts Hons specializing in Modern Languages (French and Spanish)

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Monisha KochharBachelor of Arts Hons specializing in Modern Languages (French and Spanish)

A Modern Languages graduate from the University College London, Monisha with a passion for travel and exploring different cultures. She is fluent in French and Spanish and is currently learning Hindi. Monisha enjoys discovering new foods and is an avid sports fan, following soccer and Formula 1. In her spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and watching TV shows.

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