37 Steve Jobs Quotes and Sayings to inspire you
Steve Jobs was a visionary leader and a driving force in the technology industry. He was known for his passion for design and his relentless pursuit of perfection. He co-founded Apple Inc. with Steve Wozniak in 1976, and together they revolutionized the personal computer industry with the launch of the Apple II. Jobs was also instrumental in the development of other iconic Apple products, such as the Macintosh computer, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. He was a master at creating products that people didn’t know they needed until they had them, and he understood the importance of both form and function. Jobs was not only a brilliant innovator, but also a charismatic leader who inspired his team to create products that would change the world. His legacy lives on in the continued success of Apple and the countless lives that have been touched by his work.
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
- “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
- “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
- “I think the things you regret most in life are the things you didn’t do.”
- “Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday.”
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
- “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
- “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”
- “If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.”
- “Life goes on and you learn from it.”
- “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
- “I don’t care about being right. I care about success and doing the right thing.”
- “For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
- “Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.”
- “Get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves.”
- “Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.”
- “I do not adopt softness towards others because I want to make them better.”
- “Most people don’t get those experiences because they never ask. I’ve never found anybody that didn’t want to help me if I asked them for help.”
- “When you need a miracle, be miracle.”
- “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.”
- “One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.”
- “If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?”
- “You can build your own things that other people can use. And once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”
- “There is a tremendous amount of craftsmanship between a great idea and a great product.”
- “I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete.”
- “The doers are the major thinkers. The people that really create the things that change this industry are both the thinker and doer in one person.”
- “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.”
- “I’m actually as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done.”
- “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.”
- “Creativity is just connecting things.”
- “If you don’t love it, you’re going to fail.”
- “I think different religions are different doors to the same house.Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I don’t.It’s the great mystery.”
- “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”
- “Have the courage to follow your heart.”