Randy Pausch Quotes

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.

Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

I fell so many times and got back up. I been through the toughest times with my family, but I’m still standing.

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

When life knocks you down, keep getting up.

Life is designed to knock you down. It will knock you down time and time again, but it doesn't matter how many times you fall - it matters how many times you get back up.

Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up.

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

Every day, across our state, we see grit and resilience.

People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man.

It doesn't matter whatever has happened in my life; it doesn't matter how many ditches I've had to go through in my life. I keep going forward.

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.

When you get knocked down, you got to get backup. Otherwise, you are going to lose.

You are going to get knocked down, but you don't lie there. You get up and face the challenge.

I've had to be tough my whole life.