Randy Pausch Quotes

man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

Give up the thought that you have control. You don't. The best you can do is adapt, anticipate, be flexible, sense the environment and respond.

A big side of football is reacting to what happens.

You cannot control everything - you try to control what you can control.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.

That's reality, it's accessibility. People are used to seeing me like that for the last year, I think, ... To avoid it is avoidance. We're not going to avoid things.

Letting go of randomness is one of the hardest decisions a person can make.

Life happens. Adapt. Embrace change, and make the most of everything that comes your way.

My basic belief is you need to ride the horse in the direction that it's going.

Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Life will not always change, so we must be willing to change.

We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation.