Andre Astono > Andre's Quotes

“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. ”
― Randy Pausch, 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.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.”
― 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

“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

“Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“No job is beneath you.

You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.”
― 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

“I've always admired people who are over-prepared.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me.

I wish every grad student had that attitude.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.”
― 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

“When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“You've got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

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

“Not everything needs to be fixed.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.”
― 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

“And even though I did not reach the NFL, I sometimes think I got more from persuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, then I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“You don't beat the grim reaper by living longer; you beat the grim reaper by living better.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture