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.’
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.
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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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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It can be done, but you have to make it happen.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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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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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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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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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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Walk 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.
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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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Always, always pursue happiness.
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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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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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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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