Morgan Freeman Quotes

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of

Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

The highest power is the human mind. That's where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.

Don't be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.

If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it's a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.

I gravitate towards gravitas.

I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

Very often, you know, you stop walking because you say, 'Well, I'm tired of climbing this hill. I'm never going to get to the top.' And you're only two steps from the top.

And some places you been before are so great that you don't ever mind going back. Some places you been before you don't ever want to go back, you know, like Montreal in the Winter.

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

In the harshest place on Earth, ... love finds a way.

Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.

If you want to see a miracle, be the miracle

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

We humans are more concerned with having than with being.

Never give up the ganja.

You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

Your best posture is your next posture.

I am God. So it’s easy to play him. They say God is in all things. So if God is in me, then I am in God. Therefore, I am God. God does not exist without me.

Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear.

As long as you feel like a victim, you are one.

Write something insightful. Say Morgan Freeman said it. Win at internet.

So if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I think I'm God.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

You can't take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.

My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.

The trick to any profession is making it look easy.

If you dream you've got to dream that it's going to happen. Remember that. If you dream you have to imagine that it will actually happen.

Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable.

Actors cannot work against each other. It's totally impossible.

And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous.

That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word 'experienced'.

I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.

I don't do comedy. I think if a situation is funny you just play it for real and if it's funny, it's funny.

I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring.

If you're not living on the edge then you're taking up a little too much space.

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.