This part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.
CHRIS GARDNERThe balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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Always, always pursue happiness.
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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 sun can’t come up early enough in the morning because you want to go do your thing.
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You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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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, ‘No, you can’t do it.’ You can.
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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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Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump.
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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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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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I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something, go get it.
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Strong people stand up for themselves. Stronger people stand up for others. The irony is that while sleep sometimes brings nightmares, it’s the reality of my waking hours that can cause me the greater fear.
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