Chris Gardner Quotes - Page 2

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.

Always, always pursue happiness.

Claim ownership of your dreams

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."

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.

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

Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump

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.'

But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!

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

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

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

No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.

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.

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