Long before I achieved financial success and became the subject of a Hollywood film, I was a veteran, a single father, and a working person who was homeless.

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"Baby steps count too, as long as you’re moving forward."

- Chris Gardner

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"Baby steps count, too, as long as you're moving forward."

- Chris Gardner

Motivation

"Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream; you gotta 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

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"The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls."

- Chris Gardner

Motivation

"If you want it, go get it."

- Chris Gardner

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

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"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

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"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

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