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If you wait long enough," he said, "people will surprise and impress you.

No matter how bad the circumstance it could always be worse.

Tenacity is a virtue, but it's not always crucial for everyone to observe
how hard you work at something.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

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

Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

The best gift an educator can give, to get somebody to become self-reflective.

I sure got their attention. That's always the first step to solving an ignored problem.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

Look for the best in everybody

Until you got ice cream spilled on you, you're not doing field work

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

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

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

Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai

I love all three of my kids completely and differently. And I want them to know that I will love them for as long as they live. I will.

I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you ... (Taken from a farewell video from a dying father to his infant daughter on dating)

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

I don't believe in the no-win scenario

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

A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams.

If you have a question," my folks would say, "then find the answer." The

Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.

A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.

All my life, I've been very aware that time is finite.

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

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

Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.

For Jai and me, our dented cars became a statement in our marriage. Not everything needs to be fixed.

I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.

Don't bail; the best pieces of gold are at the bottom of the barrel of crap.

I had fallen in love, even if she was still finding her way.

If you love her, support her.

Don't Obsess Over What People Think

Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone else feel happy to be here. p118

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.

I'm dying, and I'm having fun.

That meant when I wasn't happy about something, I spoke up, often directly and not always tactfully.

To recognize that automobiles are there to get you from point A to point B. They are utilitarian devices, not expressions of social status.

Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you with the surface.

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

When giving an apology, any performance lower than an A really doesn't cut it.

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

My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'

It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough.

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.

We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.

Who remembers that it was Kirk who introduced us to the cell phone?

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

Often think of the worst-case scenario, the "Eaten By Wolves" factor.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Please don't die.

Dance with who brung you

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.

It makes no sense to talk about people's rights without also talking about responsibilities. The Last Lecture

Not everything needs to be fixed

Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.

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.

If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.

I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.

There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.

Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.

The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.

Time is the only commodity that matters.

An injured lion still wants to roar.

There is more than one way to measure profits and losses. On every level, institutions can and should have a heart.

Each of us must decide: Am I a fun-loving Tigger or am I a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp.

Not everything has to be fixed.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.

Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude ... Don't complain; just work harder ... Never give up.

Anything is possible, and that's something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

Get a feedback loop and listen to it ... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.

Respect authority while questioning it.

Jai handles me by being frank.

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

but he just keeps showing up in my head, forcing me to work harder whenever I feel like quitting, forcing me to be better.

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

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

Focus on other people, not on yourself.

There's a formality in academia that can't be ignored, even if a man is busy with other things, like trying not to die.

Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it ... when in fact, they didn't

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.

Tenacity got me over the brick wall.

Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.

you're only as good as your word,

I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.

The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else.