Chris Gardner Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Chris Gardner

  Strong, Sleep, Reality

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• You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That's how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.

  Chris Gardner

  Couple, Believe, Moving

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• Claim ownership of your dreams

  Chris Gardner

  Dream, Ownership, Claims

  FaceBook post by Chris Gardner from Mar 06, 2015

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• You have to be bold because there will be folks who will say, "You can't" or "You shouldn't" or "Why?" There is a certain boldness to saying, "Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting."

  Chris Gardner

  Courage, Passionate, Want

  "Chris Gardner Survival Guide: extended interview". Interview with William Welsh, washingtontechnology.com. October 19, 2006.

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• Though my mom had too many of her own dreams denied, deferred and destroyed, she instilled in me that I could have dreams. And not just have dreams but had a responsibility to make them reality. My mom taught me from a very early age that I could do anything I wanted to do.

  Chris Gardner

  Mom, Dream, Responsibility

  FaceBook post by Chris Gardner from Mar 17, 2012

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• If you have a dream, you've got to protect it.

  Chris Gardner

  Dream, Protect, Ifs

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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.'

  Chris Gardner

  Mother, Believe, Son

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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!

  Chris Gardner

  Dream, Steps, Mirages

  Chris Gardner, Mim E. Rivas (2009). “Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be”, p.17, Harper Collins

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• Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump

  Chris Gardner

  Ready

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• This part of my life,
  this little part,
  is called happiness.

  Chris Gardner

  Littles

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• I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches.

  Chris Gardner

  Two, Watches, Cost

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• I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.

  Chris Gardner

  Commitment, Son, My Son

  "Rags to Riches: 'The Pursuit of Happyness'" by Bob Brwon, abcnews.go.com. December 13, 2006.

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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.

  Chris Gardner

  Mother, Events, Welfare

  Chris Gardner (2009). “The Pursuit of Happyness”, p.21, Harper Collins

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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.

  Chris Gardner

  Medicine, Arena, Language

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• Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting.

  Chris Gardner

  Want, Passionate, Lawyer

  "Survival Guide". Interview with William Welsh, washingtontechnology.com. October 19, 2006.

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