70 Top Morgan Freeman Quotes That Will Leave A Lasting Impression
Morgan Freeman is a distinguished American producer, actor and narrator who is known for illustrious performances in movies such as ‘Street Smart’, ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’. Freeman bagged an Academy Award in 2005 for his brilliant performance in ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and also won ‘Screen Actors Guild Award’ and ‘Golden Globe Award’ for the same. Acting attracted him since childhood and at the age of 12 he won a state wide drama competition. Though he was passionate about acting yet he chose to serve as a radar technician in the ‘United States Air Force’. However, very soon he realized his true calling and started taking dancing and acting lessons. It was with ‘Hello, Dolly!’ that Freeman got his first big break and his performance was noticed. Freeman then gradually made his transition in movies and since then there has been no looking back. If you are looking for some pearls of wisdom and encouraging thoughts then reading Morgan Freeman’s opinions and views will surely motivate you. Following are some quotes and thoughts by Morgan Freeman, the icon for every generation.
Kindness in thinking or giving, creates profoundness and happiness. Kindness in saying creates an everlasting love"- Morgan Freeman
Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty
Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero
Get busy living or get busy dying!
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
I never said any of those quotes...
Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen.
Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.
The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.
One of the things you can always depend on - this is one of the truths of the universe, and you heard it first from here - whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.
Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of
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.
I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.
Life doesn't offer you promises whatsoever so it's very easy to become, 'Whatever happened to... ?' It's great to be wanted. I spent a few years not being wanted and this is better.
If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.
I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.
Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.
This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.
When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.
The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him.
Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.
If I could narrate your life I would , especially Jose's.
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.
As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.
Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.
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.
When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.
And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous.
If you want to see a miracle, Be a miracle.
