Top 230 Quotes & Sayings by Randy Pausch - Page 3

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

Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.

Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.

Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.

We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.

Never make a decesion until you have to". He'd also warn me that even if I was in a position of strenght, whether at work or in a relationship, I had to play fair. "Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else.

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.

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

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

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.

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.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

I understand the arguments about how the billions of dollars spent to put men on the moon could have been used to fight poverty and hunger on Earth. But, look, I'm a scientist who sees inspiration as the ultimate tool for doing good. When you use money to fight poverty, it can be of great value, but too often, you're working at the margins. When you're putting people on the moon, you're inspiring all of us to achieve the maximum of human potential, which is how our greatest problems will eventually be solved. Give yourself permission to dream.

Time is the only commodity that matters.

If you have a question, then find the answer.

Complaining does not work as a strategy.

The questions are always more important than the answers.

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.

If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

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

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

I'm a professor - there should be some lessons learned - and how you can use the stuff you hear today to enable your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older you may find that enabling-the-dreams-of-others thing is even more fun.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.

A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.

Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

Don’t complain; just work harder.

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.

Don't bail; the best pieces of gold are at the bottom of the barrel of crap.

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.

You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.

Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.

Tradition, history and respect; that kind of qualities I admire, that I want to see preserved. Time is the only commodity that matters. Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well; managing your time well makes you successful. Goals, Priorities, and Planning. Why am I doing this? What is the goal? Why will I succeed? What happen if I chose not to do it? 'Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement'.

There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

Never make a decision until you have to.

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.

Get a feedback loop and listen to it... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

Not everything needs to be fixed

Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.