"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better. "
— Randy Pausch

"Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. "
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"Don’t complain; just work harder."
— Randy Pausch

"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. "
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to."
— Mitch Albom (The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Meniti Bianglala)

"Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place."

He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die."
— Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson)

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment."
— Eckhart Tolle

"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it."
— Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose)

"All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness."
— Eckhart Tolle

"Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be."
— Eckhart Tolle