Quotes About Inspiration

Many people might expect the talk to be about dying. But it had to be about living.

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!«

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.

I've often carried a crayon in my shirt pocket. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and I take another hit.

If you wait long enough," he said, "people will surprise and impress you.

Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them—even if someone has practically had to throw you over—it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

This student's eyes widened. "I admit it," I told him. "I'm a recovering jerk. And that gives me the moral authority to tell you that you can be a recovering jerk, too." For

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered). Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them—even if someone has practically had to throw you over—it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

I always liked telling my students: "Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

it's a better mindset to help me get through each day.

Ne želim napustiti Tigra u meni. Ne mogu ni zamisliti da se pretvaram u Sivka. Netko me upitao kakav bih natpis želio na nadgrobnoj plo?i. - Randy Pausch: živio je trideset godina nakon terminalne dijagnoze - odgovorio sam. Vjerujte mi da bih u tih trideset godina unio mnogo veselja. Ali ako to ne može biti, onda ?u to veselje unijeti u sve što sada radim.

A professor's job is to teach students how to see their minds growing in the same way they can see their muscles grow when they look in a mirror.

Andy, I just gave my students a two-week assignment and they came back and did stuff that, had I given them an entire semester to complete it, I would have given them all A's. What do I do?" Andy thought for a minute and said: "OK. Here's what you do. Go back into class tomorrow, look them in the eyes and say, 'Guys, that was pretty good, but I know you can do better.

If you have a question," my folks would say, "then find the answer." The

A professor's job is to teach students how to see their minds growing

walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them—even if someone has practically had to throw you over—it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

I knew for sure that I didn't want the lecture to focus on my cancer. My medical saga was what it was, and I'd already been over it and over it.

About The Last Lecture) 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.

It was a hot summer night, and I had the soundtrack to Disney's The Lion King blasting on my stereo. Tears actually began streaming down my face as I drove past the building. Here I was, the grown-up version of that wide-eyed eight-year-old at Disneyland. I had finally arrived. I was an Imagineer.

I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

The giant stuffed animals all found homes quickly. A few days later, I learned that one of the animals had been taken by a Carnegie Mellon who, like me, has cancer. After the lecture, she walked up and selected the giant elephant. I love the symbolism of that. She got the elephant in the room.

Jana looked beyond him and saw Mars. She ate Mars for breakfast with her eyes.

My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.

Et comment instruirait-il les enfants qu'il a devant lui, l'éducateur qui n'est même plus capable de redevenir enfant en renaissant chaque jour à lui-même? Celui qui porte dans son cœur le cadavre de son enfance n'éduquera jamais que des âmes mortes.