Christopher Paul Gardner (born on February 9, 1954) is an American entrepreneur and motivational speaker. Christopher Paul Gardner speaks about several topics. Gardner Rich & Company, a multimillion-dollar company with locations in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, is led by Chris Gardner.
Gardner, a devoted philanthropist and motivational speaker, supports a number of organizations, especially those that are concerned with education. He recently won the National Fatherhood Initiative’s Father of the Year Award. In his early life, Gardner battled homelessness in the early 1980s.
His mother, Bettye Jean, marry a man named Freddie Triplett, who would profoundly influence Chris’s life, and he had an abusive father.
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1. 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 Gardner
2. It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.-Chris Gardner
3. Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.-Chris Gardner
4. 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.-Chris Gardner
5. Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.-Chris Gardner
6. The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.-Chris Gardner
7. Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don’t just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn’t have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.-Chris Gardner
8. Her stillness defeated his storm.-Chris Gardner
9. 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
10. But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!-Chris Gardner
11. No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.-Chris Gardner
12. I was , father of a son who deserved better than what my daddy could do for me, son of Betty Jean Gardner who said that if I wanted to win I could win. -Chris Gardner
13. If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.-Chris Gardner
14. No matter how much money is involved or no matter how easy it is for you to do, if you’re not happy, you are nothing more than a slave to your talent and money. -Chris Gardner
15. Sizing up succinctly his lack of formal education compared with his determination to learn from others, the author writes, “I went to college with every person I ever met.-Chris Gardner
16. I was homeless but I wasn’t hopeless. I knew a better day was coming.-Chris Gardner
17. Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me.-Chris Gardner
18. You got a dream you got to protect it.-Chris Gardner
19. The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.-Chris Gardner
20. 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.-Chris Gardner
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21. 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 Gardner
22. There is no plan B for passion.-Chris Gardner
23. 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
24. 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.-Chris Gardner
25. Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish.-Chris Gardner
26. It can be done but you have to make it happen.-Chris Gardner
27. If you believe you can do it, you will.-Chris Gardner
28. Do something that makes you happy and makes you feel good about yourself.-Chris Gardner
29. 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.-Chris Gardner
30. It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.-Chris Gardner
31. If you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head.-Chris Gardner
32. I am strong because I’ve been weak. I am fearless because I’ve been afraid. I am wise because I’ve been foolish.-Chris Gardner
33. Walk the walk and go forward all the time.-Chris Gardner
34. You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry ain’t coming.-Chris Gardner
35. You have to be bold.-Chris Gardner
36. Every finish line is the beginning of a new race.-Chris Gardner
37. The most inspiring leaders are not those who do their job but those who pursue a calling.-Chris Gardner
38. I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.-Chris Gardner
39. Ready or not, tell yourself to jump.-Chris Gardner
40. Strong people stand up for themselves, the strongest people stand up for others.-Chris Gardner
41. This part of my life, this little part is called happiness.-Chris Gardner
42. Always, always pursue happiness.-Chris Gardner
43. 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.-Chris Gardner
44. The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.-Chris Gardner
45. Without that sense of self, no amount of paper, no pedigree, and no credentials can make you legit. No matter what, you have to feel legit inside first.-Chris Gardner
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46. As busy as I am wherever I am, I try to get out and walk the streets, to remember how far I’ve come and appreciate every baby step of the way.-Chris Gardner
47. It’s your responsibility to pursue what matters.-Chris Gardner
48. Do something that makes you feel your work is significant and meaningful.-Chris Gardner
49. No matter how much money is involved or no matter how easy it is for you to do, if you’re not happy, you are nothing more than a slave to your talent and money.-Chris Gardner
50. Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves every day to count our blessings.
51. 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.-Chris Gardner
52. Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something.-Chris Gardner
53. If you want something, go get it. Period.-Chris Gardner
54. 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.-Chris Gardner
55. 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.-Chris Gardner
56. sometimes the only way we can discover our true power is by living through the crisis we feared. As-Chris Gardner
57. It’s okay to fail, it’s not okay to quit.-Chris Gardner
58. 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 Gardner
59. 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.-Chris Gardner
60. Every time he came back, apologetic, contrite, he’d start off being real nice. But he was as predictable as rain. No body knew when he’d go off, but at some point everybody knew he would.-Chris Gardner
61. Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump.-Chris Gardner
62. Claim ownership of your dreams.-Chris Gardner
63. Sizing up succinctly his lack of formal education compared with his determination to learn from others, the author writes, “I went to college with every person I ever met.-Chris Gardner
64. You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry ain’t coming.-Chris Gardner
65. 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.
66. I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.-Chris Gardner
67. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can’t do it. You want something? Go get it. Period.-Chris Gardner
68. 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 Gardner
69. 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.-Chris Gardner
70. 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.-Chris Gardner