Chris Gardner Quotes

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

I'm not the type to pat myself on the back and all that, but somebody has to be lucky, right? When I got to Dallas, I was struggling - sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment. I used to drive around, look at the big houses, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation.

Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of inspiration.

Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after youve done that, dream bigger.

A lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?

Never stop believing you can fulfill your dreams.

I know it sounds cliche, but you have to believe in yourself because there's going to be moments that no one else does.

In what grade do we stop believing in ourselves? I asked. In what grade do we stop believing, period? I mean, SOMEONE has to be a Nobel Peace Prize winner. SOMEONE has to be a ballerina. Why not us?

If you don't dream big, there's no use of dreaming. If you don't have faith, there's nothing worth believing.

You can go out and get anything you want if you work hard enough for it and believe in yourself.

Only when you dream it you can do it.

The important thing is to believe in what you do. Have a big dream and take small steps.

If you don't believe in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

I think that in the earlier days, when I was a 'wantrepreneur,' I was really doing things because I thought what I wanted was to be rich.

I remember my dad asking me one time, and it's something that has always stuck with me: 'Why not you, Russ?' You know, why not me? Why not me in the Super Bowl?

When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

Making people believe they can do great things, that's an instant motivator.

I told some people before, that if five years from now, or 10 years, if I am still playing in the NFL, this whole kind of story just fits who I am. It just shows that with hard work and confidence in yourself and belief in yourself, you can accomplish your dreams.

I always knew I wanted to go to NIDA. I think I was very fortunate, and I do doubt myself often, but I didn't see any possibility of me not going to NIDA. I believed in myself, and I believed that, if you really do want something, you get it.

If you can see it, and believe it, it is a LOT easier to achieve it

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.

Believe in your dreams and work hard for them.