Quotes from Randy Pausch

Uzevši u obzir svoj ograni?eni umjetni?ki dar, zaklju?io sam da ?e biti najbolje ako naslikam stvari u jednostavnim geometrijskim oblicima. Stoga sam naslikao jednostavnu raketu s krilcima i Snjegulji?ino zrcalo s natpisom: »Sje?aš li se kad sam ti rekao da si najljepša? Lagao sam!«

Temelji. To je bilo ono što nam je poklonio trener Graham. Temelji, temelji, temelji. Kao profesor uvidio sam da ovu lekciju mnogi preska?u, naj?eš?e na vlastitu štetu. Uvijek se moraju postaviti temelji, jer onaj zanimljivi i zabavni dio bez njih ne?e funkcionirati.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

Kada sam ga upitao kada ?u umrijeti, on je odgovorio da ?u vjerojatno biti prili?no zdrav sljede?ih tri do šest mjeseci. To me podsjetilo na moje posjete Disneylandu. Kada biste njihove zaposlenike upitali kada se park zatvara oni bi obi?no odgovorili da je park otvoren do osam nave?er.

but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities

It doesn't matter how well you polish the underside of the banister." You

She told us she could see the great respect between us,

Ask those questions. Just ask them. More often than you'd suspect, the answer you'll get is, "Sure.

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.

So today's talk was about achieving childhood dreams," I said. "But did you figure out the head fake?" I paused. The room was quiet. "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.

We can't change the cards we're dealt, just how we play the hand.

Jim Graham] had been a linebacker at Penn State, and was seriously old-school. I mean, really old-school; like he thought the forward pass was a trick play.

You've got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.

For Jai and me, our dented cars became a statement in our marriage. Not everything needs to be fixed.

Chính s? ph?n ?ã chia các con bài, nh?ng chúng ta m?i là ng??i ch?i.

They were thinking: "I don't know who this guy is, but I'm definitely coming to class tomorrow to check out his next stunt." I sure got their attention. That's always the first step to solving an ignored problem.

Luck is what happens, when preparation meets opportunity

All my life, I've been very aware that time is finite.

So many graduating seniors have this notion that they should be hired because of their creative brilliance. Too many are unhappy with the idea of starting at the bottom. My advice has always been: "You ought to be thrilled you get a job in the mailroom. And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.

No fastidies y vive una vida de abundancia»,

T OO MANY people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

You can almost always find something in common with another person, and from there, it's much easier to address issues where you have differences. Sports cut across boundaries of race and wealth. And if nothing else, we all have the weather in common.

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