The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
CHRIS GARDNERBut if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!
More Chris Gardner Quotes
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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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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 balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Claim ownership of your dreams.
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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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Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.
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I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
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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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Always, always pursue happiness.
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