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Will Smith needs no introduction. He is probably one of the most versatile actors in the history of Hollywood who has acted in several iconic movies.

Called as the most powerful actor in Hollywood, Smith has played several prominent roles in movies like Men in Black, Bad Boys and Mohammad Ali. His role in The Pursuit of Happyness is considered as one of his most iconic roles of all times.

As the 48-year-old actor celebrates his birthday on Sunday, here are some of his most inspiring and famous quotes:

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don't mean.

I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class.

I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.

It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling.

In black neighbourhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons.