Steve Jobs Quotes

“Focus is saying no to a thousand things”

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

“Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe”

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do”

“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance”

“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller.”

“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity, not a threat.”

“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”

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

“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”

“Creativity is just connecting things”

“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.”

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice”

“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.”

“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.”

“You can't look at the competition and say you're going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say you're going to do it differently.”

“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.”

“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.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“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”

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

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

“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”

“Every dream that you leave behind is a piece of your future that ceases to exist.”

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

“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.”

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do”

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”