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. Be happy.
CHRIS GARDNERWealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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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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If you want something, go get it. Period.
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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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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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It can be done, but you have to make it happen.
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Claim ownership of your dreams.
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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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One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It’s the basics. Blocking and tackling.
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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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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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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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