American Being > American's Quotes

“Don’t complain; just work harder.”
― Randy Pausch

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“When we're connected to others, we become better people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore that means they’ve given up on you…you may not want to hear it but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you and want to make you better.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Randy Pausch on time management:
Here's what I know:
Time must be explicitly managed, like money.
You can always change your plan, but only if you have one.
Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things?
Develop a good filing system.
Rethink the telephone.
Delegate.
Take a time out.

Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Never make a decision until you have to.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Proper apologies have three parts:

1) What I did was wrong.
2) I feel badly that I hurt you.
3) How do I make this better?”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Complaining does not work as a strategy. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Focus on other people, not on yourself.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Look for the best in everybody”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“The man who wants you to trust him is the one you must fear the most.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
― Confucius, Confucius: The Analects