Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan, but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take a time out. Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.

You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.

No job is beneath you. You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.

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

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

Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.