Randy Pausch Quotes

Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

Have the courage to follow your passion - and if you don't know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.

Don't worry about finding your bliss right now. Not even our President knew what his bliss was, nor did I. One of these days to your own surprise, your bliss will find you. But no matter what you do, participate, be there, full force, full heart, full steam ahead.

All of us have to figure out our own passion, our own journey. Follow your heart.

People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.

One of the things that may get in the way of people ... is that they're not in touch with their passion. If you're passionate about what it is you do, then you're going to be looking for everything you can to get better at it.

I have no idea how to start doing something that doesn't connect with me or my soul, somehow.

The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.

I think that most people will spend their whole life not figuring out what they're meant to do, or figuring out what they're meant to do on their way to do something else. So I just feel lucky that I know what I love to do. Everything else figures itself out.

I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever.

It's getting harder to make decisions to just want to do something to work... I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.

My ambition comes from my passion: finding what I love and then expanding on that.

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.

I'm a firm believer that people find their own passions.

Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.

I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about.

I would like my kids to follow their bliss.

No matter what you're doing. I feel that everyone has something different that moves them or that appeals to them. Maybe something in your family or maybe something in your life that happened that really pushes you for a specific cause - as long as there is something that you're doing.

Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.

Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.

I'm going to do what feeds my soul.

There's nothing more nourishing to the spirit than doing what you feel called to do.

Folks should find what really inspires them; they should always pursue what they want to do.