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.
CHRIS GARDNERNo 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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There is no plan B for passion.
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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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Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump.
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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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The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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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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If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.
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Always, always pursue happiness.
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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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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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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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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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(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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If you want something, go get it. Period.
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One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It’s the basics. Blocking and tackling.
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