You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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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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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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It can be done, but you have to make it happen.
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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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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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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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Claim ownership of your dreams.
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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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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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Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
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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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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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