The Last Lecture Quotes

“An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“You don't beat the grim reaper by living longer; you beat the grim reaper by living better.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“لو طـُلب مني نصيحة موجزة في كلمتين سأقول "كن صادقاً"، ولو زادت على حد الكلمتين سأضيف لها: "في جميع الأوقات.”
― راندي بوتش, المحاضرة الأخيرة

“Look for the best in everybody”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a bad place to be. 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, The Last Lecture

“And even though I did not reach the NFL, I sometimes think I got more from persuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, then I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every time, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Apologies are not pass/fail.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Please don't die.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve—as Coach Graham taught me—is if we develop a real ability to assess ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Halfhearted or insincere apologies are often worse than not apologizing at all because recipients find them insulting. If you've done something wrong in your dealings with another person, it's as if there's an infection in your relationship. A good apology is like an antibiotic; a bad apology is like rubbing salt I the wound.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“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.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I don't believe in the no-win scenario”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture