I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
CHRIS GARDNERIf you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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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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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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Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.
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The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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It can be done, but you have to make it happen.
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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 want something, go get it. Period.
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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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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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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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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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There 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.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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