Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
CHRIS GARDNERDon’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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(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.
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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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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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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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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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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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Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
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