Quotes from Will Smith

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

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

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

Life is lived on the edge.

As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember.

I believe you need to be educated about what you want to do in life, but I don't believe you actually need college to get you there.

Life is dangerous and you're not gonna live a life without risk.

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

The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.

One of my teachers used to call me Prince, because I always had a way of charming myself in and out of different situations.

You might be [outshining me in many ways]. But if we get on a treadmill, there are two things: you're getting off first or I'm going to die. It's that simple, right?

If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will know how to not quit when things get hard in your life.

I have fun. I enjoy my life. And I was hardwired for a deep connection between service, God, and happiness. You kind of need all of those things to be in play for one to have the others.

What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.

I think it would be arrogant and borderline foolish to believe there's no other life forms that exist out there.

I so connected to symbolically being able to turn lead into gold. My grandmother used to say, "Life give you a lemon, you go ahead and make lemonade." To me, that's alchemy.

It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling.

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.

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

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

I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.

Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.

My first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous.

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