The Last Lecture Quotes

“Time must be explicitly managed, like money.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Becoming an Eagle Scout is just about the only thing you can put on your resume at age fifty that you did at age fourteen--and it still impresses.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“When they [parents and educators] talk of building self-esteem, they often resort to empty flattery rather than character-building honesty. I've heard so many people talk of a downward spiral in our educational system, and I think one key factor is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“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. (p. 22)”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I quote my father to people almost every day. Part of that is because if you dispense your own wisdom, others often dismiss it; if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable. Of course, when you have someone like my dad in your back pocket, you can't help yourself. You quote him every chance you get.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“No matter how bad things are, you can always make them worse.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“عندما ترى نفسك ترتكب خطأ في مكان لا يلومك فيه أحد ، فاعلم أنك لست في المكان الصحيح ، قد تكره أن يوجه أحد النقد لك ، ولكن اعلم أن من يفعل هذا هو شخص يحبك ويحتم بك و يدفعك نحو الأفضل.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“There's a formality in academia that can't be ignored, even if a man is busy with other things, like trying not to die.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I quote my father to people almost every day. Part of that is because if you dispense your own wisdom, others often dismiss it; if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“There is more than one way to measure profits and losses. On every level, institutions can and should have a heart.”
― Randy Pausch, 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.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture - Lessons In Living

“It's easy to look smart when you're parroting smart people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture - Lessons In Living

“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.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“That is what it is. We can’t change it. We just have to decide how we’ll respond.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“It’s interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I F I could only give three words of advice, they would be “tell the truth.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar. It's about dignity and self-esteem, which isn't quite the same as vanity.”
― Jeffrey Zaslow, The Last Lecture

“When giving an apology, any performance lower than an A really doesn’t cut it.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“You’ve got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“She told us she could see the great respect between us,”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Treat the Disease, Not the Symptom....”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“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.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Ljudi lažu zbog mnoštva razloga, najčešće zato jer im se čini da će na taj način uz manje napora dobiti ono što žele. No kao i mnoge strategije na kratke staze, ova je potpuno nedjelotvorna na duge staze. Kasnije ćete naići na iste osobe, a one će se prisjetiti da ste im jednom lagali. Ispričat će i drugima o tome. Upravo to me čudi kod laganja. Mnogi lašci misle da su se lako provukli, a zapravo nisu.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“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!«”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“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.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I quote my father to people almost every day. Part of that is because if you dispense your own wisdom, others often dismiss it; if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable”
― Jeffrey Zaslow, The Last Lecture

“We cannot change the cards we are delt, just how we play the hand”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“إذا لم تنجح في المرة الأولى .... حاول وعاود المحاولة في المرة الثانية”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Never make a decision until you have to.”
― Jeffrey Zaslow, The Last Lecture

“How many men are on the football field at a time?” he
asked us.
Eleven on a team, we answered. So that makes twentytwo.
“And how many people are touching the football at any
given time?”
One of them.
“Right!” he said. “So we’re going to work on what those
other twenty-one guys are doing.”
Fundamentals. That was a great gift Coach Graham gave
us. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. As a college
professor, I’ve seen this as one lesson so many kids ignore, always to their detriment: You’ve got to get the fundamentals
down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture