Randy Pausch Quotes

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

I'm not on the stage going, 'Look at me! I'm amazing!' I accept my vulnerability, don't pretend I'm something I'm not. I don't want to come across as fake.

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

One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.

I never wanted anyone's pity.

Life's most underrated emotion is self-pity.

I'm very transparent. What you see is what you get. 'I date this person, this happened to me' and I have to be honest about it... because of that I developed a backbone.

Not listening to people who care about you, not to be open or transparent, will make you isolated.

I don't have any issue with people seeing my real self.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

Children need explanations and they deserve explanations.

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

I'm pretty transparent and have no problem sharing my weaknesses.

I like making fun of myself; I don't want to make fun of other people, so I don't mind doing something out of character that some people might not expect me to do.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.

I'm just so comfortable talking about my private life: I just think because I'm not that clever.

The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

I'm not asking people to feel sorry for me.

I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.

I'm not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior - I mean, that's part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don't have anything to hide, and I'm not concerned with what people think.