Notes from the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch that I Don't Want to Forget

“When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you any more, that means they’ve given up on you.”

“The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

Send thin mints with an assignment and the assignment will get done.

Send hand-written thank you cards.

People are more important than things (dumping the can of soda down the seat of the new Volkswagen rabbit).

“Complaining doesn’t 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 any happier.”
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. – Seneca, Roman Philosopher

“It’s not how hard you hit. It’s how hard you get hit… and keep moving forward.”

To say to a friend who’s dying: “Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you go also. He will not be alone.”