Chris Gardner Quotes

A father is everything in the world.
As long as you have a plan for how you'll live, don't let jealous people turn their insecurities into yours.
Baby steps count, too, as long as you're moving forward.
Be bold enough to find the one thing that you are passionate about. It might not be what you were trained to do. But be bold enough to do the one thing. Nobody needs to dig it but you.
Business school professors don't take selling seriously because they don't know how to sell. It's easy to talk about business theory and production time and just-in-time development. Selling is much more difficult.
Don't ever be afraid to hire people that are smarter than you. Just because they are smarter than you doesn't mean they have to make more money.
Don't wait for the perfect time to start making changes to your life; the time is now.
Everybody got a dream. What's the plan?
Everything that I learned in the Navy, I took it with me into the next phase of my life.
Finding gainful employment to pay for housing is hard for any veteran experiencing homelessness. It's even more difficult for veterans who've also had encounters with police and stints in jail.
Fortunately, our digital age has created some wonderful tools for finding employers and showing your strengths. But when it comes to discovering or keeping a job, nothing beats good old-fashioned face time and up-to-date skills.
I also often hear people say that the deck is stacked against them because of racism, sexism, or other oppressive 'isms.' But once you let go of the blame and excuses, you'll see that you can alter your position on your own.
I am very, very conscious of time. I always wear two watches. People ask me, 'Why do you do that?' Because I was late once,and it cost me a huge opportunity.
I chose to embrace the spirit of my mother, who, though she had too many of her own dreams denied, deferred, and destroyed, she still instilled in me, her child, that I could have dreams and that I did have a responsibility and the power.
I cut grass, I did yard work, I did roofing, I cleaned basements to take care of my family.
I didn't grow up in a household where dinner conversation was, 'How did the market do today?'
I do one thing - I don't do it on purpose - but I always make other guys look underdressed.
I grew up without a father.
I had never gone to college. I was not from a politically connected family. I had no money of my own. Who is going to do business with you?
I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.
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