Randy Pausch

Quotes

1. Respect authority while questioning it.

2. 

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

3. 

   When you’ve had something for ten years that you hold so precious, it’s the toughest thing in the world to hand it over. And the only advice I can give you is, find somebody better than you to hand it to.

4. 

   There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it; You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

   p. 36

5. 

   When you’re only doing it for one play and you’re just not where you’re supposed to be, and freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose, boy are you going to clean somebody’s clock for that one play.

6. 

   Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

7. 

   Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you. He said, when you are pissed off at somebody, and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time — and they'll almost always impress you. And that really stuck with me. I think he's absolutely right on that one.

8. 

   I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left. Because there's no other way to play.

9. 

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

10. 

    The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have."

11. 

    We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.

12. 

    We all stand on the dart board and very few of us catch the darts. Do not think it is unfair. It is fair but you are unlucky.