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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• 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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• 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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• It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

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  Moving, Last Lecture, Hard

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

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

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  Stuff, Way, Last Lecture

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

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  Fun, Underestimate, Importance

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• Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'

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  Perseverance, Giving Up, Struggle

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

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• It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

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  Life, Inspiring, Karma

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.321, Hachette UK

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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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• No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better

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  Matter, Bad Things

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

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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.

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  Worst Case Scenario, Risk, Management

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

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• Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

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  Running, Mean, People

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.51, 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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  Success, Failure, Pitfalls

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

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