Claim ownership of your dreams.
CHRIS GARDNERClaim ownership of your dreams.
CHRIS GARDNERI hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
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 GARDNERWealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
CHRIS GARDNERAlways, always pursue happiness.
CHRIS GARDNERIt’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
CHRIS GARDNERYou can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
CHRIS GARDNERFind 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 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 GARDNERThe balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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 GARDNERIf you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
CHRIS GARDNERReady or not, Tell yourself to jump.
CHRIS GARDNERThere 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.
CHRIS GARDNERThis part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.
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.
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