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

  Randy Pausch

  Life, Regret, Bed

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

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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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• Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

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  Failing, Mediocre

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

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Thank You, Gratitude

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

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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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• 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.

  Randy Pausch

  Hurt, Sorry, Apology

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

  Randy Pausch

  Success, Determination, Hard Work

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• Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

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  Time, Successful, Good Judgement

  "Time Management". Lecture and Presentation, November 27, 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.

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  Attitude, Love You, Care

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

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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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• 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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• The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.

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  Strong, Book, Writing

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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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• When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

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  Elephants, Rooms, Introducing

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

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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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• Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

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  Mean, Say Anything, Assistants

  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.

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  Love You, Care, 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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• 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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• 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.

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  Friends, Years, Long

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• Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?

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  Hurt, Apology, Three

  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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• Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

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  Long, Evil, Waiting

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

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