Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
CHRIS GARDNERAlways, always pursue happiness.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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If you want something, go get it. Period.
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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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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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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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Always, always pursue happiness.
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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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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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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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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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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You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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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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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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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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