“ 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
“ 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
“ Until you are at home in yourself, familiar with the knowledge of the gold of who you are, where you come from, where you’ve been, and who you were meant to be, you’ll be basically homeless. In other… Chris Gardner
“ Sometimes the only way we can discover our true power is by living through the crisis we feared. As Chris Gardner
“ No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud. Chris Gardner
“ Mr. Gardner, why people gotta keep you down when you have your dream? Again, I was having a long overdue conversation with myself. Well, I said, people who can’t do something themselves, they’re jealo… Chris Gardner
“ Don’t listen to them, I said. In fact, don’t ever let anybody tell you that you can’t do something. Not your parents, your teachers. Nobody. Chris Gardner
“ Cualquiera que crea que el dinero lo salva todo, no ha tenido nunca dinero… como yo en aquel tiempo. Chris Gardner
“ But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head! Chris Gardner
“ No matter where you are, only you have dominion over your mind, your beliefs, and your attitudes. So if you look at your situation and let go of excuses or blame, and you choose to believe that you ca… Chris Gardner
“ If anybody asks you who you are, tell them you are a child of God. That message translated in such a way that you would never call yourself a slave or tell anyone that you were a child of slaves or th… Chris Gardner
“ Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings. Chris Gardner
“ 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
“ 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… Chris Gardner
“ The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the me… Chris Gardner
“ Only by acknowledging, Hey, here is where I am, and I’m here because I steered my horse here, can I make the next choice to ride on out to the sunset where I’d really like to be. Or, Chris Gardner
“ It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking… Chris Gardner
