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 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.
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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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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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You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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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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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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Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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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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Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump.
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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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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.
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