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.
CHRIS GARDNERIf you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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If you want something, go get it. Period.
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There is no plan B for passion.
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It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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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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Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.
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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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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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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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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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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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This part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.
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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
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