The Ultimate Collection of Inspirational Will Smith Quotes to Motivate Your Life

"The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be out-worked, period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there's two things: You're getting off first, or I'm going to die. It's really that simple, right? You're not going to out-work me. It's such a simple, basic concept. The guy who is willing to hustle the most is going to be the guy that just gets that loose ball. The majority of people who aren't getting the places they want or aren't achieving the things that they want in this business is strictly based on hustle. It's strictly based on being out-worked; it's strictly based on missing crucial opportunities. I say all the time if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready."

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"The person that works the hardest wins."

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"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."

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"Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they are going to tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period."

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

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"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%."

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"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."

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

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"You want something? Go get it."

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"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."

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

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

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"Danger is very real but fear is a choice."

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"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."

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

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

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

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"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 your. And stay."

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"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."

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"Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity."

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

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"Life isn't how many breaths you take, but it's the moments that take your breath away."

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

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

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"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."

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"Those who say I can, and those who say I can’t – are both usually right."

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"The greatest dreams are always unrealistic."

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"I want the world to be better because I was here. I want my life, I want my work, my family, I want it to mean something and if you are not making someone else’s life better then you are wasting your time."

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"Don’t let failure go to your heart, and don’t let success go to your head."

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"I know who I am, I know what I believe, that’s all I need to know. From there, you do what you need to do."

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"Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What’s the point of being realistic? I’m going to do it. It’s done. It’s already done. The second I decide it’s done, it’s already done."

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"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was."

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"Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something. Not even me."

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"The road to success is through commitment."

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"Don’t compare yourself to others. That’s when you start to lose confidence in yourself."

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"Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future, and that future is always in our imagination."

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"Begin each day as if it were on purpose."

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"Your life will become better by making other lives better."

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"You’ll never achieve 100 percent if 99 percent is okay."

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"Make a choice of what you want, who you want to be and how you’re going to do it. The universe will get out of your way."

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"I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation."

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"I do not have to build a perfect wall today. I just have to lay a perfect brick."

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"I’m motivated by fear. Fear of fear. I hate being scared to do something. And I think what developed in my early days was the attitude that I started attacking things that I was scared of."

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"Remember, don’t try to build the greatest wall that’s ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day."

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

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"Can I say something? Um, I’m the type of person that if you ask me a question and I don’t know the answer, I’m gonna tell you that I don’t know. But I bet you what, I know how to find the answer and I will find the answer."

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"You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that’s who you are. If you don’t want to be that person, you know what you gotta do."

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"If you’re always ready, you don’t have to get ready."

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"I don’t want to be an icon. I want to be an idea. I want to represent possibilities."

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"It’s better to be prepared than to get ready."

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

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"Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, to hide every pain."

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"This world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place."

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

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

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"Life is lived on the edge."

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

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"You know what they say: ‘Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.’"

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"The key to a successful relationship is to keep it simple. Just be yourself."

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"Never lie to people, because the people you are able to lie to, are the people who trust you."

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

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"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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"I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill."

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"What does it mean to be human?"

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"Welcome to Earth!"

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"I love you and I’m here for you."

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