సున్నా నుండి శిఖరం పైకి. True story

One of Chris Gardner's most famous quotes: "Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. If you have a dream, you've got to protect it." Chris Gardner is one of the world's most inspiring examples of turning pain into success. His life inspired the hit movie The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith. Chris Gardner's Painful Journey Born on February 9, 1954, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Grew up in extreme poverty. His stepfather was physically abusive, and his mother was jailed for a period, forcing Chris and his sisters into foster care multiple times. As a child, he had almost no positive male role models, but his mother constantly told him: "You can only depend on yourself."