1. “You don’t set out to build a wall. You don't say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s ever been built.’ You don’t start there. 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

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2. “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.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

4. “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.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

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8. “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

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9. “Running and reading are the keys of life.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

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11. “The road to success is through commitment.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

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13. “If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.”

— Will Smith

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14. “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

15. “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

16. “The person that works the hardest wins.”

— Will Smith

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17. “You want something? Go get it.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

19. “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

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20. “The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.”

— Will Smith

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21. “Don’t let failure go to your heart, and don’t let success go to your head.”

— Will Smith

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22. “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.”

— Will Smith

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23. “Danger is very real but fear is a choice.”

— Will Smith

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24. “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.”

— Will Smith

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25. “I do not have to build a perfect wall today. I just have to lay a perfect brick.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

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27. “Begin each day as if it were on purpose.”

— Will Smith

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28. “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.”

— Will Smith

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29. “The keys to life are running and reading.”

— Will Smith

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30. “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

31. “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.”

— Will Smith

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32. “I want the world to be better because I was here.”

— Will Smith

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33. “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.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

35. “If you’re always ready, you don’t have to get ready.”

— Will Smith

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36. “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.”

— Will Smith

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37. “I love you and I’m here for you.”

— Will Smith

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38. “I don’t want to be an icon. I want to be an idea. I want to represent possibilities.”

— Will Smith

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39. “I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill.”

— Will Smith

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40. “You’ll never achieve 100 percent if 99 percent is okay.”

— Will Smith

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41. “It’s better to be prepared than to get ready.”

— Will Smith

42. “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

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

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

— Will Smith

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45. “Your life will become better by making other lives better.”

— Will Smith

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46. “Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, to hide every pain.”

— Will Smith

47. “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.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

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49. “Never lie to people, because the people you are able to lie to, are the people who trust you.”

— Will Smith

50. “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.”

— Will Smith

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