Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
CHRIS GARDNERIt can be done, but you have to make it happen.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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Claim ownership of your dreams.
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Always, always pursue happiness.
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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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If you want something, go get it. Period.
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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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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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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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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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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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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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This part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.
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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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