If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
CHRIS GARDNERIf you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
CHRIS GARDNERDon’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
CHRIS GARDNERThe balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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 GARDNERThe world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
CHRIS GARDNERIt’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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 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 want something, go get it. Period.
CHRIS GARDNERIt can be done, but you have to make it happen.
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 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 GARDNERI hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
CHRIS GARDNERThere is no plan B for passion.
CHRIS GARDNERBut if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!
CHRIS GARDNERReady or not, Tell yourself to jump.
CHRIS GARDNER