影片中的主人公克里斯·加德纳，因贫穷的生活使妻子落跑，只剩下一个人近中年的男人带着儿子在大街上风餐露宿，为了让儿子有正常的上学环境。卖血、跑好几条街寻找流浪汉——那人抢走只能给他换几餐饭的医疗仪器，但他从未放弃，哪怕风餐露宿，一路上克里斯经历了不少挫折，但是年幼的儿子每次都能给予他最大的鼓励，两父子相互扶持最终完成自己的梦想。（该影片改编自发生在独立宣言后的真实故事）
1、Chris Gardner：You have a dream, you got to protect it.
克里斯·加德纳：如果你有梦想，就要守护它。
2、Chris Gardner：You want something. Go get it！
克里斯·加德纳：有了目标就要全力以赴。
3、Chris Gardner: He must have had on some really nice pants.
克里斯·加德纳：他一定穿了一条很棒的裤子。
4、There is an I in “happiness”,There is no Y in “happiness”,It's an I.
幸福里面没有为什么，只有我。
5、Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something, not even me.
别让别人告诉你你成不了才，即使是我也不行。
6、This is part of my life story. This part is called “Riding the Bus.”
这里讲述的是我人生故事的一部分，这部分叫做…“搭公车”。
7、That seems like a time machine. It's a time machine. Take me with you.
像是时光机，是时光机，能带上我吗？
8、I was smart back then, so they called me Ten-Gallon Head.
我小时候很聪明，所以大家都叫我“无敌大头”。
9、Chris: Can you at least put the dog upstairs in your room or something?
那能不能把狗带到楼上去？关到你房间或什么地方？
10、Charlie: Hey, listen. I need the rent. I can't wait anymore.
嘿，听着，你得交房租，不能再拖下去了。
11、Chris Gardner：People can't do something by themselves; they wanna tell you you can not do it.
克里斯·加德纳：当人们做不到一些事情的时候，他们就会对你说你也同样不能。
12、And the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking.
想起了其中对生存权，自由权，以及追求幸福权利的描写。我一直在想。
13、Chris: I still remember that moment. They all looked so damn happy to me. Why couldn't I look like that?
我还记得那一刻，他们全都看起来超幸福的样子，为什么我不能也满脸幸福？
14、Chris: All right, I'll paint it myself. All right, but I just… I gotta have some more time… I got my son up in here.
屋子我来刷，好吗？再给我点时间，我儿子还在这。
15、I'm the type of person,if you ask me a question, and I don't know the answer,I'm gonna to tell you that I don't know.But I bet you what: I know how to find the answer, and I'll find the answer.
我是这样的人，如果你问的问题我不知道回答，我会直接告诉你“我不知道”。但我向你保证：我知道如何寻找答案，而且我一定会找出答案的。
16、You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves,they wanna tell you you can't do it.If you want something, go get it. Period.
如果你有梦想的话，就要去扞卫它。那些一事无成的人想告诉你你也成不了大器。如果你有理想的话，就要去努力实现。就这样。
