“I was very fond of you, but now I’m so, so tired. I’m not happy to go, but one needn’t be happy to make another start.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That’s how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“Strong people stand up for themselves. Stronger people stand up for others.”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“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 how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can onl…”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“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. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring with you…”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“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 messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled.”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.”— Jamie Ford, amazon.com
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”— Viktor E. Frankl, psychologytoday.com