Randolph Frederick Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.
If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.
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?
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
Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.
If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.
It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai
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.
Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you". . . . (Taken from a farewell video from a dying father to his infant daughter on dating)
A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.
The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.
I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?
there should be some lessons learned and how you can use the stuff you hear today to achieve your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older, you may find that “enabling the dreams of others” thing is even more fun.
We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.
We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.
Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.
Respect authority while questioning it.
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.