Randy Pausch Quotes

I've found that a substantial fraction of many people’s days is spent
worrying about what others think of them. If nobody ever worried
about what was in other people’s heads, we’d all be 33 percent more
effective in our lives and on our jobs.

If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do? So just be patient. Many times in my career, I saw students apologize, and then several days later, their teammates came around. Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.

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

That is what it is. We can't change it. We just have to decide how we'll respond. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

[My mother] saw it as part of her mission to keep my cockiness in check. I'm grateful for that now...We now live in an age when parents praise every child as a genius

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.

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

Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.

هناك العديد من الأشخاص دائمي الشكوى من المشاكل في حياتهم ، و أنا اعتقد أنهم لو سخروا عشر هذه الطاقة التي يستنفذونها في الشكوى واستعان وا بها في حل مشاكلهم ، لحقوا نجاحا مبهرا في حل تلك المشاكل.

عندما ترى نفسك ترتكب خطأ في مكان لا يلومك فيه أحد ، فاعلم أنك لست في المكان الصحيح ، قد تكره أن يوجه أحد النقد لك ، ولكن اعلم أن من يفعل هذا هو شخص يحبك ويحتم بك و يدفعك نحو الأفضل.

المرء إن لم يستطع تحقيق حلمه فقد يدفعه مجرد الحلم إلى الأفضل

Chính số phận đã chia các con bài, nhưng chúng ta mới là người chơi.

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.