Quotes on Last Lecture

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

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.

Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.

Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

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

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. Help others.

Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

The questions are always more important than the answers.

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.