Randy Pausch Quotes

It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand. - Randy Pausch “The Last Lecture

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Brick walls are not there to keep us out, they are there to show us how much we want something.

That is what it is. We can’t change it. We just have to decide how we’ll respond.

It's easy to look smart when you're parroting smart people.

Uzevši u obzir svoj ograničeni umjetnički dar, zaključio sam da će biti najbolje ako naslikam stvari u jednostavnim geometrijskim oblicima. Stoga sam naslikao jednostavnu raketu s krilcima i Snjeguljičino zrcalo s natpisom: »Sjećaš li se kad sam ti rekao da si najljepša? Lagao sam!«

Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? You may have causes, goals, interests. Are they even worth pursuing? I've long held on to a clipping from a newspaper in Roanoke, Virginia. It featured a photo of a pregnant woman who had lodged a protest against a local construction site. She worried that the sound of jackhammers was injuring her unborn child. But get this: In the photo, the woman is holding a cigarette. If she cared about her unborn child, the time she spent railing against jackhammers would have been better spent putting out that cigarette.

Be prepared luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity

"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" - From The Last Lecture Randy Pauch

During the most painful times of my treatment, Rocky was an inspiration because he reminded me: It's not how hard you it. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.

Treat the Disease, Not the Symptom....

Nismo mnogo kupovali, ali smo štošta znali. Moj otac je posjedovao zaraznu radoznalost prema tekućim događajima, povijesti, pa i našim životima. Odrastajući, shvatio sam da postoje dva tipa obitelji:
1. One kojima treba rječnik da dovrše večeru.
2. One kojima to ne treba.
Mi smo pripadali prvoj grupi. Gotovo svake večeri zbog nečega smo morali konzultirati riječnik, koji se nalazio na polici nekoliko koraka od stola. — Ako imaš kakvo pitanje - govorili su moji - onda potraži odgovor.

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." The Last Lecture

When they talk of building self-esteem, they often resort to empty flattery rather than character-building honesty. I've heard so many people talk of downward spiral in our educational system, and I think one key factor is that there is too much stroking and too littke real feedback.

When giving an apology, any performance lower than an A really doesn’t cut it.