Quote

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

Randy Pausch

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
Computer Scientist
Motivational Speaker
Pedagogue
Professor
University Teacher
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
Bed
Regret
Death
Things
Life

More quotes by Randy Pausch

Image
To be cliché, death is a part of life and it's going to happen to all of us. I have the blessing of getting a little bit of advance notice and I am able to optimize my use of time down the home stretch.
Randy Pausch
Image
The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.
Randy Pausch
Image
We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.
Randy Pausch
Image
What he said was: You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere. And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.
Randy Pausch
Image
I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.
Randy Pausch
Image
Never make a decesion until you have to. He'd also warn me that even if I was in a position of strenght, whether at work or in a relationship, I had to play fair. Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
Randy Pausch
Image
People are more important than things.
Randy Pausch
Image
An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.
Randy Pausch
Image
I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.
Randy Pausch
Image
If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.
Randy Pausch
Image
Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.
Randy Pausch
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.
Randy Pausch
Image
I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
Randy Pausch
Image
Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.
Randy Pausch
Image
The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
Randy Pausch
Image
We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
Randy Pausch
Image
Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it
Randy Pausch
Image
Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.
Randy Pausch