Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates 

He just gave us the secret to a happy relationship. You should probably not get married until you meet someone whose happiness is more important than yours. It's makes so much sense. Both parties should whole this sentiment as true. It will be the glue that keeps you together. Thank You Professor Pausch.

never get tired of watching this.

My personal hero. My Obi-Wan Kenobi. It's a shame he was gone only 2 months later. A really genuine heart-felt good person who loved life.

What a man! My heart reaches out to Randy's family ... To his kids: know that your dad inspired a million ... thank YOU! Proud to be a Carnegie Mellon alum ...

I stumbled upon Randy website by accident. I watched his last lecture at Carnegie, via Google video, and i was definitely inspired by his great speech. A great a example of a man who was taken too early, but still managed to live a longer life them most of us will ever dream about. God Bless Randy - Im inspired! University of Toronto Student

"We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up. Because when he shows up, it’s too late to do all the things that you’re always gonna, kinda get around to.It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not. " so inspiring~!!!

He doesn't "sound" inspiring, he IS inspiring. So many people are diagnosed with cancer. Some need inspiration to carry on and fight it. However, he serves as an inspiration to people like me who are perfectly healthy as well. I am so grateful that there are still people like Randy Pausch in this world to serve as a reminder of how beautiful life really is. It's a reminder that i'm fortunate enough to have a great life and that I should make the most of it every single day.

Rest In Peace Mr Pausch...You inspired millions, including myself

Glad I found you Randy, RIP

i cant lie for all the bs there is on the internet the little moments i get to share with videos like this make everything else so worth it

I always cry like a little girl when I listen to professor Randy Pausch.

I was one of the students sitting down there at the commencement ceremony.

RIP...so much respect for Mr. Pausch. Prayers and love to his family and friends.

I've read the Last Lecture and watched all his speeches. My mom has pancreatic cancer so I am well aware of his fight. He is teaching people not how to die but how to live life to the fullest. Inspirational man. Thank you Randy!

The world has lost a great, great man in Randy Pausch. Rest in Awesome, Randy.

Rest In Peace Randy Pausch.

Just finished reading the book The Last Lecture....wow....a story about a professor dying of cancer....with a wife and 3 young kids.....talking about childhood dreams...talking about living.....everyone needs to read this book...you will cry....you will be sad....but in the end you will be....Happy....Randy Pausch's story will make your life better...if you have kids let them dream....if you still have dreams...chase them....get over the wall!

I feel deprived to have never met this man, and feel such pain to know someone like him has such a short time left. What a great human being! I have bought several books and his Last Lecture DVD to give to others. He is an inspiration and I feel the need to share his story with as many as I can. God bless you, Jai and your beautiful children. You will live on in many hearts. Aloha

I love Randy Pausch but hadn't seen this speech until now. Great!

Still watching this in 2024 🙏🏼

This guy sums it up peefectly. An absolutely beautiful speech.

A remarkable man, with a wonderful outlook on life. We need more like him.

It's really nice to see that someone took Dr. Pausch's advice on apologizing appropriately. That just goes to show what an inspiration he is to everyone. RIP Randy. You will be missed, and remembered always as a guiding light for dreamers.

It's 2022 thank you randy pausch for the inspiring message

still one of the best commencement speeches every. Be Brief, Be Brilliant, and Be Gone. He was brief, he's brilliant, and now he's gone. These grads should feel so fortunate to have had him speak at their commencement. So very lucky.

I'll never forget how Randy taught me "Brick walls are there for a reason. It's to keep people who don't really want it."

Damn. And the world is going to lose a man of this caliber. Dr. Pausch, you will be missed by so many. But your words will be eternal.

Truly an inspiration, a great man. I hope he gets all the days he deserves.

Tears rolling down on my face.... What he said is absolutely correct and it takes someone like him to make all of us aware of the very fact of life....

Everyone live,laugh,love, and love hard!!!! What an inspiration to mankind. He will be missed.

Him and his wife - pure love. I like seeing stuff like these. Made my day.

This never gets old. Dr. Pausch had it right. Quality of life is superior to quantity of life. Once you figure out what your passion is, pursue it fully while remembering that people are the greater investment than material things. God bless that man and his family.

no one knows how much wisdom comes from so much suffering.

RIP DR. Randy Pausch. You've really inspired me in a way not many people have been able to.

R.I.P, You've done so much for us. He will live forever, if we live our child hood dreams, and living well.

I'm sitting here applauding! Live every moment as if it were your last. One day it will be. BIG fan of Randy!!!

Still love this. I have watched it almost a few times a year since sophomore year of college. 🏆

I don't know if many people could say those words and make them have such an impact on me. Great guy.

Rest in Peace Randy. Thank you for your intellectual inheritance and your efforts to give us what life so harshly taught you in your last steps. I could say that I admire you. You and your passion for life.

Rest in peace dear Doctor. You are one of the most inspiring persons I have read and watched... you have tought us that following our childhood dreams is something that requires courage... and sometimes other paths seem to be easier...but do not fulfill our souls the same. God bless you Randy. You are not alone :)

There is less goodness and greatness with you gone. Godspeed, Dr. Pausch.

I like what Randy Pausch has to say, for the most part. What's there to disagree with? It's his life and he chose to live it the way he wanted. He's not telling anyone how to live rather sharing his experience with others. His message is simple and elegant and I admire him for keeping the hocus-pocus religious stuff out of it.

Randy Pausch, my heros, thanks for what you did bring many inspirations to life.

This is the only lecture that needs to be heard. The man was a true living Saint and is now a guardian angel to us all.

Randy, you are so down-to-earth when you speak, yet you always inspire. You deliver the kind of simple truths that won't dawn on us until much later: Finding that person whose happiness is more important than your own is what love is really about. It's a verb; it is the act of giving, sometimes sacrificing, but putting the needs of other(s) ahead of your own. Thank you for fighting your cancer while sharing whatever you can and want of this experience with the world.

It's sad to watch this video. He's much less vigorous than in his last lecture, you can see how much the disease has taken hold. Bless you Dr. Pausch, you left one hell of a mark on the world. You were braver than I could ever be in your position.

made me cry. He was so inspirational. He is now where he belongs with God. If you havent seen his last lecture please do it was just as inspiring, if not more so.

Never met the guy, but, he will be missed by his children, his wife, family, friends, colleagues and me.

"I am so grateful that there are still people like Randy Pausch in this world...." Let it be known that I acknowledge he is no longer with us, but I am expressing how it is refreshing that in my time for my generation, that there are still people like Randy to inspire. I know he is gone now, but he most certainly made a difference in many lives, including mine.

I stumbled upon his book the last lecture by error but im glad i did. he is an amazingly inspirational man who can give a valuable life lesson to any man. If u haven't seen his vid on the last lecture, you tube it and i'll warn you, have a box of tissues ready bc at some point, you reflect on your life and realize how much better you can make it. by doing some seemingly insignificant thing. In the end that thing, makes your life all the better. :) may his soul rest in peace.

May the love of Source be with you, Randy, and to your family. God speed...you have done us a great service by living a full, happy life. Enjoy the quickening of Spirit as you have enjoyed this life. You will be missed greatly, but you have imprinted us forever with your wonderful sense of style and character. God speed! Rev. Carolyn

Oh my God, he was so wise and full of comapssion, it is such a pity that you had to leave this world Dr Pausch, but then again you might have been an angel and God wanted you back. But you planted the seeds in our hearts and for that we will be ever thankful. Your time on earth might have been short but your legacy will live for ever. God bless your soul. THANK YOU.

Well he accomplished what he wanted to get done. Those are gonna be the proudest kids in the world when they grow up hopefully they turn out half as good as their father was. Great man, great legacy. He got it... It's never about YOU it's about the ones you leave behind. Remembering that will keep ya honest. RIP Mr. Pausch

i cant stop crying today. Rest in peace Randy, you will be missed by many.

The guy still gives people hope even after years since his death! :)

Thank you Professor Randy Pausch

I'm deeply saddened by the news. I was just checking his site the other day for updates & seen where he wasn't doing well but still holding onto hope.For Randy:You outlived the doctor's expectations & you saved many lives. Ill never forget the letter that man wrote to you. He wanted to commit suicide but decided not to, he realized that he took everything for granted, while you took nothing for granted. Long live your memory Randy, the inspiration you gave others, and the lives that you changed.

Jai, my heart and prayers go out to you and the family. What an amazing person...

So inspiring. R.I.P. Dr. Pausch

ur great Randy Paush..you still inspire many..rest in peace

this is even better than his last lecture. at the end, he truly knew what was important.

What Dr. Pausch has achieved in 47 yrs wud be difficult to achieve in 470 yrs too for most of us & its not his acad or intellectual achievement that is important here (though those r incredible too in their own rights), but the peace & wisdom with which he connects to his surrounding, the generosity he oozes out at the most difficult times, he reminds me of those saints & mystics who were beyond the cycles of life and death, the ones who hv achieved immortality - Randy is one of those rare fews!

The best way to honor a man such as this is to follow his advice! and he does have great advice! I followed my dreams, made mistakes and failed, but I to am at peace with them.. because I tried! My biggest regret is giving up on a dream.

Thank you, Professor Pausch--a teacher until the end, a teacher to your colleagues, your students, the millions out here in the virtual world you helped form and, most of all, to your family.

Randy had more guts than than any man I ever met. May he rest in peace.

The Last Lecture is one of the best books I have ever seen published.

what a hero... no matter who thinks differently

Such a phenomenal man and a phenomenal speech. We need more men like Randy, may he rest in peace.

thank you randy for all of your wisdom that you shared with others.you will be truely missed.

my throat hurts, I am holding back tears since I am watching this in class. What an incredible man. I as well wish I had his passion and drive. He truly is my idol.

You are truly a doctor that helps other people. Thank you for making the world a better place and giving hope and inspiration to all of us.

What a wonderful man. His experience has made me have a complete new outlook on my life. I have 2 chronic illnesses but they are not terminal by any means. I am 37. He sure has influenced my thinking, and it is now more positive than it ever has been. God Bless you Randy!

I really admire this man,and you can understand that what he's saying is the truth,beacuse of his situation,and not just a bunch of pre-done sentences...may he rest in peace

he leaved a legacy about life...and that made him live his life well. I am very blessed that I came across his interview on abc and learned about him. He was...is...and will always be an inspiration.

Randy,you are a lengend!really appreciate your inspiration.God will take good care of you.God bless.

May he rest in peace, he is really a great guy.

He was such an inspirational man. His family must be so proud of the legacy he left.

Life lessons to be learnt and remembered forever. Thanks Professor Randy Pausch!

his book is a must read...sad....emotional....happy...uplifting.....all of those things will live forever....may his words inspire our young to go out and dream big.....

I have no doubt that Dr. Pausch's example and words of wisdom about life and death have comforted the loved ones of many who have died, including those lost in Iraq. Randy Paushc didn't ask for this notarity; but used it to help others. All I have to say about ANYONE who expresses negative, hateful comments at this time of his death is that Karma will take care of them. Like Randy, I do believe in miracles and like he said,'there is good in everyone--just give them time.' God bless his family.

he has a very rational approach to life . .we all could use a chunk of his wisdom in helpeng us grow . .rip dr pausch .

Their love is beautiful. Randy and Jai will always love eachother, forever.

Life changing. I still refer back to it when I am having a tough day.

Randy's lectures always draw such emotion from people.

I cannot watch him without crying...

What a lovely message, short but oh so sweet. I'm so blessed to have heard this today. God bless him.

Randy.. anywhere you are right now, i want you to know you have inspired me like no one else to achieve my dreams!! i will study hard and do my best, i will admire you always.

Thank you Randy, I have watched and listened to your time management and 'the head fake' lecture, through which I have improved my understand of what passions I have, to better understand the journey I want to make. Thank you for sharing your precious time!

i am watching this from Cairo, Egypt at the moment and my Graduation is on august 18,....and all i can say is that Randy Pausch has inspired me and directed me toward my passion which is....Teaching at my university. God bless you Randy...and your famiy Mimo

Randy is indeed one of the finest human beings that we have seen.

Pure truth. From a man who has no reason or time left to lie.

Randy forever remembered, forever unforgotten!

Randy ROCKS! Yes, "passion" is what drives us all!

you were such a great person, Randy..everyone will remember you always. The messages that you deliver to us just knocked the way how we have lived so far in this world..we really need to appreciate our lives more by doing every single thing at our best and not loosing our passion to do so before the party is over. Rest in Peace, Randy. I believe your kids and wife will be proud of you.

way to say it Dr. Pausch! it's so great to see someone totally at peace with the world around him... Our society seems to be so obsessed with things, material things.... It's wonderful to see someone saying that the most important "thing" is people!

RIP, you did more with your short time than many do with their longer time. G-d bless your family.

I only discovered this man yesterday and what a man! 👏

I just did 5 push-ups for you Randy! God Bless your soul and praying for your family as they grieve.

Rest In Peace Randy Pausch. May God bless your family.

What can I say that hasn't already been said. Very inspirational.