There isn’t a person in this world that doesn’t love Morgan Freeman. The Academy-award winning actor has really left a mark in this world with each and every film in his career.
Freeman is not only one of the greatest actor of our time, but he’s also a producer, director and voice-over narrator. He has won countless awards and he’s a true legend.
Freeman didn’t have an easy life. He was born in a poor family in a time where having a black skin felt like a curse. His father was a barber, his mother a school teacher and he was the youngest of 5 children. He has even lived on the streets and worked undesirable jobs before rising to fame. Freeman has gone from life of misery to a life of happiness and glory. He has seen it all and has a thing or two to say about belief, defying the odds and perseverance.
Here are 12 Morgan Freeman Quotes that will make you see life from a different perspective:
1. “I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.”
2. “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.”
3. “The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.”
4. “Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.”
5. “Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.”
6. “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.”
7. “I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don’t believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.”
8. “When you have made your choice, it is providence that is your guide. Good, bad, or indifferent. Your fate lies in that.”
9. “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.”
10. “If you want to see a miracle, Be a miracle.”
11. “Kindness in thinking or giving, creates profoundness and happiness. Kindness in saying creates an everlasting love”
12. “Get busy living or get busy dying!”