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Randy Pausch Quotes about Life

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

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

Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2010). “The Last Lecture: Lessons in Living”, Hodder Paperbacks

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.147, Hachette UK

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

YouTube Channel "R2Agent"/"Randy Pausch addressing the CMU 2008 graduating class", www.youtube.com. May 19, 2008.

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

Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.102, Hachette UK

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.69, Hachette UK

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.