The Last Lecture Quotes

The Last Lecture Quote of the day

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

You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

People are more important than things.

Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.

Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give