If you want something, go get it. Period.
CHRIS GARDNER
Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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If you want something, go get it. Period.
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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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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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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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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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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 balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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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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Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
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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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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 again.
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You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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This part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.
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Always, always pursue happiness.
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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.
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