Randy Pausch - Time Quotes

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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. Because when he shows up, it's too late to do all the things that you're always gonna, kinda get around to.

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Clutter is death; it leads to thrashing. Keep desk clear: focus on one thing at a time.

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Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

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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.

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Find the best in everybody. … you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. 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.

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

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Everyone has Good and Bad Times. Find your creative/thinking time. Defend it ruthlessly, spend it alone, maybe at home. Find your dead time. Schedule meetings, phone calls, and mundane stuff during it.

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You don't find time for important things, you make it.

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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you. He said, when you are pissed off at somebody, and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time — and they'll almost always impress you. And that really stuck with me. I think he's absolutely right on that one.

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Never give up: There are certain times that you think, OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.

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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

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It took me a long time but I finally figured it out: when it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it's really simple: just ignore everything they say, and only pay attention to what they do. It's that simple. It's that easy.

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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "tell the truth." If I got three more words, I'd add: "All the time."

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General Advice: Never break a promise, but re-negotiate them if need be. If you haven't got time to do it right, you don't have time to do it wrong. Recognize that most things are pass/fail. Feedback loops: ask in confidence.

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It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not. I assure you I've done a lot of really stupid things, and none of them bother me. All the mistakes, and all the dopey things, and all the times I was embarrassed — they don't matter. What matters is that I can kind of look back and say: Pretty much any time I got chance to do something cool I tried to grab for it — and that's where my solace comes from.

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Turn money into time – especially important for people with kids.

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