Steve Jobs selected Quote




1. "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do."

   

2. "Stay hungry, stay foolish."

   

3. "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

   

4. "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

   

5. "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

   

6. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

   

7. "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."

   

8. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

   

9. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

   

10. "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."


11. "Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right."


12. "We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life."


13. "Creativity is just connecting things."


14. "Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."


15. "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose."


16. "Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking."


17. "Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."


18. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward."


19. "Your work is a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work."


20. "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."


Certainly! Here are more quotes attributed to Steve Jobs:


21. "I want to put a ding in the universe."


22. "We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?"


23. "My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."


24. "I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."


25. "The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay."


26. "I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next."


27. "Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me."


28. "We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not."


29. "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."


30. "Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."


31. "Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much."


32. "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."


33. "When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."


34. "You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."


35. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."


36. "Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."


37. "Your work is a reflection of who you are. You cannot hide behind it; it's an extension of your personality and passions."


38. "The journey is the reward."


39. "Great things in business are never done by one person; they're done by a team of people."


40. "We hire people who want to make the best things in the world."


41. "I think the things you regret most in life are the things you didn't do."


42. "I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things."



43. "Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."


44. "The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament."


45. "Stay foolish."


46. "You've got to find what you love."


47. "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."


48. "It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."


49. "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."


50. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."


Of course! Here are 50 more quotes attributed to Steve Jobs:


51. "I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do."


52. "I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love."


53. "Remember, our products, all the things we're doing to make our products more environmentally friendly, it's not because we're tree-huggers. It's because we think it makes us a better company and a more profitable company."


54. "Picasso had a saying: 'Good artists copy, great artists steal.' We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas."


55. "You can't ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."


56. "We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?"


57. "It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."


58. "When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."


59. "If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you've done and whoever you were and throw them away."


60. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."


61. "We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build."


62. "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."


63. "It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy."


64. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do."


65. "You've got to start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology."


66. "Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest."


67. "Things don't have to change the world to be important."


68. "Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."


69. "I want to make a dent in the universe."


70. "Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."


71. "Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right."


72. "We're gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make 'me too' products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it's always the next dream."


73. "You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."


74. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."


75. "Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people."


76. "We're just enthusiastic about what we do."


77. "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."


78. "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."


79. "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."


80. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."


81. "It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing."


82. "I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next."


83. "We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them."




84. "Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."


85. "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."


86. "We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life."


87. "Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."


88. "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."


89. "We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life."


90. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do."


91. "That's been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple."


92. "It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."


93. "The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people — as remarkable as the telephone."


94. "If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you've done and whoever you were and throw them away."


95. "I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the


 non-successful ones is pure perseverance."


96. "My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."


97. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."


98. "I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next."


99. "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."


100. "I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals."


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