If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
CHRIS GARDNERStill 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.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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Baby 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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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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But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!
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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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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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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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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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Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
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The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
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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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