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 More Quotes by Randy Pausch More Quotes From Randy Pausch I understand the arguments about how the billions of dollars spent to put men on the moon could have been used to fight poverty and hunger on Earth. But, look, I'm a scientist who sees inspiration as the ultimate tool for doing good. When you use money to fight poverty, it can be of great value, but too often, you're working at the margins. When you're putting people on the moon, you're inspiring all of us to achieve the maximum of human potential, which is how our greatest problems will eventually be solved. Give yourself permission to dream. Randy Pausch fighting inspiration dream it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities Randy Pausch responsibility rights talking We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond. Randy Pausch cant-change 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 coaches kids thinking Develop a good filing system. Randy Pausch filing 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 childhood dream fun Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded Randy Pausch appreciated What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who was about to die. He answered:”tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Whenever he goes, you also g. He will not be alone". Randy Pausch appropriate dies Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t Randy Pausch lying people thinking 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 last-lecture jobs people The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity. Randy Pausch fashion people thinking It's interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life. Randy Pausch ends secret interesting somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do Randy Pausch passage-of-time passages things-to-do Apologies are not pass/fail. Randy Pausch apology failing And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, than I did from many of the ones I did accomplish. Randy Pausch nfl dream thinking I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness. Randy Pausch politeness abundance suffering Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch. Randy Pausch lunch phones thinking The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people! Randy Pausch perseverance wall inspirational-life if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable. Randy Pausch third-parties arrogant party Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself. Randy Pausch last-lecture focus people
