Morgan Freeman is an American actor, director, and narrator. He has appeared in a range of film genres portraying character roles and is particularly known for his distinctive deep voice. Freeman is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. These Morgan Freeman quotes will motivate you.
Best Morgan Freeman Quotes
- “Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. ‘Have you found joy in your life?’ ‘Has your life brought joy to others?'” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“As long as you feel like a victim, you are one.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “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.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “If you want to see a miracle, be the miracle” ~ Morgan Freeman Quotes
- “I am going to stop calling you a white man and I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Don’t be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word ‘experienced’.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Don’t be different just for different’s sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “We humans are more concerned with having than with being.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “The highest power is the human mind. That’s where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “The first thing that always pops into my head regarding our president, is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier for him… They just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white – very white; American, Kansas, middle of America. There is no argument about who he is, or what he is. America’s first black president hasn’t arisen yet. He’s not America’s first black president. He’s America’s first mixed-race president.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “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.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I’m making a great effort because sometimes life is not enjoyable. Sometimes it’s painful and sometimes it’s stressful, sometimes it’s agonizing even, so I think once you get around those humps: strive for pleasure and peace.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “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.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“In the harshest place on Earth, … love finds a way.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “You can’t take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I’m a firm believer that things happen as they should. The universe unfolds just as it’s supposed to.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “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.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Insanity is being shit on, beat down, coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and a key to release it.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“Write something insightful. Say Morgan Freeman said it. Win at internet.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “All you have to do is believe, then you will see everything.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “It’s what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That’s all and that’s the hardest thing.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “If you’re not living on the edge then you’re taking up a little too much space.” ~ Morgan Freeman Quotes
- “If you look back on your life and where you started from it’s like looking back down a mountain back to the desert floor. It’s like now I can’t believe I had whatever it takes or perceived whatever it took to get here.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “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.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“Never give up the ganja.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “The trick to any profession is making it look easy.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “It’s just the stupidest law possible… You’re just making criminals out of people who aren’t engaged in criminal activity. And we’re spending zillions of dollars trying to fight a war we can’t win! We could make zillions, just legalize it and tax it like we do liquor. It’s stupid.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “So if I believe in God, and I do, it’s because I think I’m God.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party…Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What’s, what does that, what underlines that? ‘Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here… It is a racist thing.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Audiences believe what you believe. It’s a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you’ve got no choice. None at all.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“I’ve never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I think you take a job, you owe it as much passion as the job itself demands. And most jobs demand that you be totally committed.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.” ~ Morgan Freeman Quotes
- “I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they’re going to go and see the story you’re in.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “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.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“I don’t do cold. My reaction to cold is drastic. I’m a southern boy.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we’ll do it for nothing. That’s a basic fact – you gotta do it.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn’t appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can’t see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “That’s your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Every job’s a challenge. The challenge is to do it and make it look right like you belong there – wherever that is.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I’ve always been a fan of or desired to or responded to variety. I like variety in life, so variety in work is a must.” ~ Morgan Freeman
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“Marijuana prohibition is just the stupidest law possible…Just legalize it and tax it like we do liquor.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “If I stay at home, I’m not famous. I’m only famous when I’m out in the streets, so I don’t go out on the streets much.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Actors cannot work against each other. It’s totally impossible.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “The public feels that if it’s on the Internet and you can access it, you deserve it. You haven’t committed any kind of crime. We may even have to rename piracy. But in any case, we have to confront it.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “Is listening important? I can’t think of a single walk of life where it wouldn’t be.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “These walls are funny. First, you hate ’em, then you get used to ’em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “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.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “I don’t get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.” ~ Morgan Freeman
- “My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.” ~ Morgan Freeman
