Last Lecture Quotes - Page 2

• When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

  Randy Pausch

  Stuff, Way, Childhood Dreams

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

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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.

  Randy Pausch

  Attitude, Love You, Care

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

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• We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

  Randy Pausch

  Sorry, Hands, Play

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

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• Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.

  Randy Pausch

  Looks, Way, Without You

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

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• A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

  Randy Pausch

  Apology, Antibiotics, Salt

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

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• One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

  Randy Pausch

  Worst Case Scenario, Risk, Management

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

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• Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.

  Randy Pausch

  Friends, Years, Long

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• It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.

  Randy Pausch

  Important, Childhood Dreams, Knows

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

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• Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.

  Randy Pausch

  Dream, Wall, Dedication

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

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• You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

  Randy Pausch

  Tigger, Ifs

  "'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Dies at 47", www.foxnews.com. July 28, 2008.

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• We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

  Randy Pausch

  Long, Matter, Life Is

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• Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.

  Randy Pausch

  Opportunity, Preparation, Luck

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

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• No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

  Randy Pausch

  Good Morning, Good Day, Optimistic

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.143, Hachette UK

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• The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

  Randy Pausch

  Success, Failure, Pitfalls

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

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• If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

  Randy Pausch

  Legacy, Want, Tomorrow

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• Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

  Randy Pausch

  People, Focus, Childhood Dreams

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

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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.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, People, Work Out

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

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• Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

  Randy Pausch

  Valuable, Valuable Things, Offers

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.234, Hachette UK

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• Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  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.

  Randy Pausch

  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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• Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

  Randy Pausch

  Fun, Play, Dying

  "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". Randy Pausch's last lecture at McConomy Auditorium of Carnegie Mellon University, www.youtube.com. September 18, 2007.

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• My colleague told me: "It took a long time, but I finally figured it out. When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.

  Randy Pausch

  Simple, Men, Long

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

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• When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

  Randy Pausch

  Love You, Care, Critics

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

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• I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

  Randy Pausch

  Long, Hips, Term

  "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". Randy Pausch's last lecture at McConomy Auditorium of Carnegie Mellon University, www.youtube.com. September 18, 2007.

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• If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

  Randy Pausch

  Jobs, People, Worried

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

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