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 shining future, as before. The difference now was that I felt the wind at my back. I was ready.
CHRIS GARDNERThe balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.
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This part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.
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Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump.
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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 at where you might get to.
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You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
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I just wanted to make a million dollars. But I couldn’t sing and I couldn’t play ball, so I said to my mother, ‘How am I going to make a million dollars?’ And she said to me, ‘Son, if you believe you can do it, you will.’
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Always, always pursue happiness.
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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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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.
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There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance, could be used to accelerate learning and other arenas, too.
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We all understand genetics. You get your eyes from your dad, your mom’s nose, there’s nothing you can do about that. But your spiritual genetics you can choose, pick, embrace and commit to. That’s what I did.
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!
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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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