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70 Top Morgan Freeman Quotes That Will Leave A Lasting Impression

Famous As: One of the Best Actors of His Generation Noted for His Distinctive Deep Voice
Born On: June 1, 1937
Born In: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Age: 86 Years

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

Kindness in thinking or giving, creates profoundness and happiness. Kindness in saying creates an everlasting love"- Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman
Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty

Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty

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

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

Morgan Freeman
Get busy living or get busy dying!

Get busy living or get busy dying!

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

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

Morgan Freeman
I never said any of those quotes...

I never said any of those quotes...

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.

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

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

Morgan Freeman
The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

Morgan Freeman
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.

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.

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

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

Morgan Freeman
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.

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.

Morgan Freeman

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.

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

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

Morgan Freeman
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.

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.

Morgan Freeman
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.

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.

Morgan Freeman
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.

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.

Morgan Freeman
Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.

Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.

Morgan Freeman
This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.

This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.

Morgan Freeman
When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

Morgan Freeman
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.

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.

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

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

Morgan Freeman
If I could narrate your life I would , especially Jose's.

If I could narrate your life I would , especially Jose's.

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.

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
As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.

As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.

Morgan Freeman
Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.

Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.

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.

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

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

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

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

Morgan Freeman
If you want to see a miracle, Be a miracle.

If you want to see a miracle, Be a miracle.

Morgan Freeman