Randy Pausch Quotes

You have to put your own oxygen mask before you put on others... It's a good metaphor for parenting

Taking care of yourself is being there for your kids, like how on a plane, they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first.

Nothing is worth putting my health on the line. Not a camera, not a title, nothing.

I've got to do what I've got to do, for me, my family and my kids.

I have to come first, because then everyone benefits.

Putting your well-being first - like putting your oxygen mask on before you help the person next to you - that really benefits all your relationships.

Make sure you have your own mask on, before helping others with theirs.

I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work.

I like to make sure I get enough rest, so I don't make it a priority to go out late night.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will.

If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!

Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.

Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that.

Every man is, no doubt, by nature, first and principally recommended to his own care; and as he is fitter to take care of himself than of any other person, it is fit and right that it should be so.

First you help yourself, and then you can help everybody.

Television does devour you because you have all sorts of responsibilities, and I really needed to renew myself. I think I owed it to myself. So I honored myself and quit. I think that's a wonderful way to put it.

If I don't wear the mask, I'm not playing.

Sometimes we are so busy helping others that we forget about ourselves. Remember, it's okay to say no and to ask others to carry their own weight.

If you don't look after yourself, no one else will.

My day starts with my son and finishes with my son, and in between, I get to do everything else.

At the end of the day you have got to do what's best for you and what's best for your family.

Your life is more important than your work.