Randy Pausch Quotes

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• The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Time, Live Life

  The Last Lecture, 2008.

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• The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Strength, Perseverance

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

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  Life, Change, Positive

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2010). “The Last Lecture: Lessons in Living”, Hodder Paperbacks

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• Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

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  Inspirational, Thank You, Gratitude

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

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  Failing, Mediocre

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• Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

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  Funny, Life, Investing

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.147, Hachette UK

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• I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.

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  Fun, Way, Tigger

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• Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

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  Fun, Underestimate, Importance

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• Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

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  Hurt, Sorry, Apology

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• It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.

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  Life, Regret, Bed

  YouTube Channel "R2Agent"/"Randy Pausch addressing the CMU 2008 graduating class", www.youtube.com. May 19, 2008.

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• Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.

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  Inspirational, Karma, Dream

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• When we're connected to others, we become better people.

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  People, Last Lecture, Connected

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.186, Hachette UK

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• I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.

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  Thank You, Notes, Thank You Note

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• Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

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  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.247, Hachette UK

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• If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

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  Honesty, Giving, Advice

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

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  Inspirational, People, Work Out

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.

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  Teacher, Teaching, Numbers

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.177, Hachette UK

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• Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

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  Life, People, Stories

  "The Last Lecture". Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.

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• You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

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  Attitude, Love You, Care

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.

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  Listening, Important, Matter

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• A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

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  Success, Determination, Hard Work

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• We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.

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  Life, Beats, Born

  YouTube Channel "R2Agent"/"Randy Pausch addressing the CMU 2008 graduating class", www.youtube.com. May 19, 2008.

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• Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

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  Dream, Inspiration, Sight

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. Help others.

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  Children, Helping Others, Important

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

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  Life, Mean, Say Anything

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.69, Hachette UK

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