Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Randy Pausch (American Computer Scientist)

Randy Pausch (1960–2008,) fully Randolf Frederick Randy Pausch, was an American computer scientist and academic who delivered the celebrated “Last Lecture,” an inspirational and uplifting testimonial on making the most of life.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Pausch earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Brown University and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon. After a short stint at the University of Virginia, he returned to Carnegie Mellon and became a professor of computer science specializing in human-computer interaction.

In September 2006, Pausch was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer during which time he was preparing a speech labeled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” as a kind of time capsule for his three young kids. Learning that he had only a few more months to live, Pausch retitled his lecture “The Last Lecture,” in keeping with a tradition on university campuses for professors to deliver a “last lecture” to convey lessons from a lifetime of learning and teaching.

Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” delivered an inspiring message of hope, humor, and determination. The speech became a worldwide sensation on the internet. Pausch expanded his lecture to the best-selling nonfiction book The Last Lecture (2008; with Jeffrey Zaslow.)

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You can’t control the cards you’re dealt, just how you play the hand.
—Randy Pausch

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you’re pissed off at someone and you’re angry at them, you just haven’t given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.
—Randy Pausch

If your kids want to paint their bedroom, let ’em do it. Don’t worry about the resale value on the house.
—Randy Pausch

It’s not about how to achieve your dreams, it’s about how to lead your life, … If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.
—Randy Pausch

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.
—Randy Pausch
Topics: Family

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
—Randy Pausch
Topics: Life

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.
—Randy Pausch
Topics: Teachers, Learning, Teaching

Brick walls ar there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
—Randy Pausch
Topics: Perseverance

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