Top 250 Randy Pausch Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Don’t complain; just work harder.”

— Randy Pausch

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2. “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

— Randy Pausch

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3. “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”

— Randy Pausch

4. “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”

— Randy Pausch

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5. “Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.”

— Randy Pausch

6. “Sometimes you can’t pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.”

— Randy Pausch

7. “It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.”

— Randy Pausch

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8. “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.”

— Randy Pausch

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

— Randy Pausch

10. “Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won’t have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.”

— Randy Pausch

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11. “When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.”

— Randy Pausch

12. “The questions are always more important than the answers.”

— Randy Pausch

13. “Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.”

— Randy Pausch

14. “Engineering isn’t about perfect solutions; it’s about doing the best you can with limited resources.”

— Randy Pausch

15. “It’s important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.”

— Randy Pausch

16. “Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won’t make us happier.”

— Randy Pausch

17. “Find the best in everybody. 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.”

— Randy Pausch

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18. “The size of your audience doesn’t matter. What’s important is that your audience is listening.”

— Randy Pausch

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19. “Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.”

— Randy Pausch

20. “Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.”

— Randy Pausch

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21. “Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.”

— Randy Pausch

22. “Time is the only commodity that matters.”

— Randy Pausch

23. “Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want.”

— Randy Pausch

24. “I’m sorry. It’s my fault. How do I make it right?”

— Randy Pausch

25. “Complaining does not work as a strategy.”

— Randy Pausch

26. “Not everything needs to be fixed.”

— Randy Pausch

27. “It’s not about the cards you’re dealt, but how you play the hand. – Randy Pausch “The Last Lecture.”

— Randy Pausch

28. “Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.”

— Randy Pausch

29. “Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.”

— Randy Pausch

30. “A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.”

— Randy Pausch

31. “Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.”

— Randy Pausch

32. “No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better.”

— Randy Pausch

33. “Being successful doesn’t make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!”

— Randy Pausch

34. “I feel like I’m waiting on something that isn’t going to happen Don’t complain; just work harder.”

— Randy Pausch

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35. “You just have to decide if you’re a Tigger or an Eeyore.”

— Randy Pausch

36. “I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.”

— Randy Pausch

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37. “When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”

— Randy Pausch

38. “I don’t believe in the no-win scenario.”

— Randy Pausch

39. “Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.”

— Randy Pausch

40. “Look, I’m going to find a way to be happy, and I’d really love to be happy with you, but if I can’t be happy with you, then I’ll find a way to be happy without you.”

— Randy Pausch

41. “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

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42. “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

43. “Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.”

— Randy Pausch

44. “We don’t beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully – for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we’re born and the time he shows up.”

— Randy Pausch

45. “Develop a good filing system.”

— Randy Pausch

46. “If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, ‘Tell the truth.’ If I got three more words, I’d add: ‘All the time.’”

— Randy Pausch

47. “Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.”

— Randy Pausch

48. “We don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.”

— Randy Pausch

49. “Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.”

— Randy Pausch

50. “Time must be explicitly managed, like money.”

— Randy Pausch