Chris Gardner Quotes

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• (The movie) is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them,…
• Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money.…
• Do something that you love. Whatever you're going to do is going to be tough enough. Find something that gets you so excited that the…
• Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw the…
• Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.
• But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!
• No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.
• There is no plan B for passion
• Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump
• It's ok to FAIL it's not ok to Quit
• Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you'll be surprised…
• Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting.
• Though my mom had too many of her own dreams denied, deferred and destroyed, she instilled in me that I could have dreams. And not…
• You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can…
• I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches.
• The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over…
• You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming,
• I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
• As busy as I am wherever I am, I...
• Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something.

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