Randy Pausch Quotes

You don’t find time for important things, you make it.

Make your office comfortable for you, and optionally comfortable for others.

Clutter is death; it leads to thrashing. Keep desk clear: focus on one thing at a time.

Failing to plan is planning to fail. Plan Each Day, Each Week, Each Semester. You can always change your plan, but only once you have one!

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.

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

Did you figure out the second head fake? This talk's not for you. It's for my kids.

Did you figure out the head fake? 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.

And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.

Find the best in everybody. … you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. 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.

Junior faculty members used to come up to me and say. "Wow, you got tenure early; what's your secret?" I said, "It's pretty simple, call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock and I'll tell you."

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

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

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

Don't bail. The best of the gold’s at the bottom of barrels of crap.