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.
CHRIS GARDNERThe 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.
CHRIS GARDNERBaby 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.
CHRIS GARDNERI 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.’
CHRIS GARDNERClaim ownership of your dreams.
CHRIS GARDNERWell, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
CHRIS GARDNERThe balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
CHRIS GARDNERNo one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.
CHRIS GARDNERIf you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
CHRIS GARDNERThen again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.
CHRIS GARDNERStill 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 GARDNERThere is no plan B for passion.
CHRIS GARDNER(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.
CHRIS GARDNERBut if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!
CHRIS GARDNERDo 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.
CHRIS GARDNERWalk that walk and go forward all the time. Don’t just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn’t have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.
CHRIS GARDNERWealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
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