Chris Gardner Quotes

If I can relay anything, it's that if someone has a dream, and it isn't the norm of what others are doing around you, it doesn't matter. Reach for it. Go for it - because I'm a shining example of that.

Society sets us up to be everything but ourselves, but I want to take a moment and say to people, love yourself. Find your purpose. You are unique, and that makes you great. I pursued my dreams. You can do it, too.

I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.

I'm a firm believer that people find their own passions.

I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.

'Rebel' is not a word I would describe for myself, but I feel like I was a total rebel being an actor. It made me feel like there was something in me, a passion, a love - and that I didn't just squelch it.

If you really have a passion for something, you should follow it and listen to your inner voice.

If you're passionate about something, go for it, because people are great at what they love and when they're the happiest.

Be yourself, find out what you love, find out what you really want to do, and go do it. And don't depend on people who don't have your best interests at heart.

I think when you're really passionate about something, and maybe not every person is like this, but I think there's a large group that feels deep inside, I want something different, I want something more, I want to go on my own path. It's being comfortable being uncomfortable. Because to do that, you're going to have to jump outside of the comfort zone and it isn't going to be perfect. It's going to be scary. And to me, that's when great things happen.

Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction

Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are. To me, that's what being a star means.

My parents never pushed me to be an actress. You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been families that grow you up as an actor, but this wasn't my situation. It's very important to find your own way because it's something you then have to confront yourself.

I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.

My ambition comes from my passion: finding what I love and then expanding on that.

It doesn't matter what people say or what the rules say or what you're supposed to do, you go after what's in your heart.

If you never try, you'll never know what you are capable of.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

If you like something, go for it.

I am trying to be guided by my passion.

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.

I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.

I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. Everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world.