"The women who don't seek attention are usually the women you need to be giving your attention to."
Actor, Producer, Rapper
Will Smith is an acclaimed actor and producer known for his roles in films like 'Men in Black' and 'Pursuit of Happyness', emphasizing themes of resilience and authenticity.
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"The women who don't seek attention are usually the women you need to be giving your attention to."
"The central idea of love is not even a relationship commitment, the first thing is a personal commitment to be the best version of yourself with or without that person that you're with. You have to every single day-mind, body, and spirit-wake up with a commitment to be better."
"While the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. While the other guy's eatin'? I'm working."
"If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready."
"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."
"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."
"Marriage is the hardest thing you will ever do. The secret is removing divorce as an option. Anybody who gives themselves that option will get a divorce."
"Believing in yourself is the first step to accomplishing any goal. If you think you're going to fail, you probably will."
"The greatest dreams are always unrealistic."
"Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that."
"I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation."
"There’s nothing you’ve ever been successful at that you didn’t work on every day."
"You’ll never achieve 100 percent if 99 percent is okay."
"I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill."
"A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end it was never bound to be, and you just have to let go."
"Your words and thoughts have physical power."
"It's been rough for me trying to find my position in the struggle and where my voice is needed and helpful. You know, I grew up in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia has a really rough police-brutality history. I grew up in a neighborhood where it was very clear that the police were "them" and we were "us"."
"There is no pain worse than not achieving a dream when it is your fault. If God did not want you to have it, that is one thing. But if you do not get what you desire because you are lazy, there is no pain worse than that."
"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."
"The separation of talent and skill is one of the largest misconceptions in modern society. Talent is something you born with, but skill can only be attained through Hours and Hours of hard work perfecting your talent as a craft. Which is why Talent will fail you without skill."