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

- Chris Gardner

"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

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

- Chris Gardner

"If you want it, go get it."

- Chris Gardner

"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."

- Chris Gardner